Captive turtle swims 37,000km from Africa to Australia to travel back home after 20 years

Historical big wave surf film & TV archive acquired

June 21: SOLANA BEACH, CA. Opper Films, home of the world’s largest historical surf film library, is stoked to announce ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 111 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

Mighty Mick the Hyphen brings us his run-down on what lies between the covers of the newie: >> FEATURES SAND We can have ...

This Styrofoam-eating ‘superworm’ could help solve the garbage crisis

A plump larva the length of a paper clip can survive on the material that makes Styrofoam. The organism, commonly ...

ADAM WINS THE CLAYTON NOSERIDER

“Aww bullshit!” Adam Page yelled when we phoned him at work to say he’d won the handmade Clayton Dedicated Noserider ...

What Happened to the Association of Surfing Professionals?

The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) is the organization that established the inaugural world circuit of pro surfing events. Their ...

Scientists discover ‘biggest plant on Earth’ off Western Australian coast

About 4,500 years ago, a single seed – spawned from two different seagrass species – found itself nestled in a ...

Noosa Longboards signed Endless Summer lithograph winner - plus some insights into Van Hamersveld himself

"The world’s greatest living pop artist." It’s 60 years since the movie’s release, yet John Van Hamersveld’s artwork for The Endless ...

1960s Queensland – “Route One: Highway to the Sun”

You might have to come back to this when you have 40 minutes to spare - it’s a major production ...

Tracing Eve: How one female crayfish turned into a new species

Here's one from the Strange Sea Stories File: It all began with one female. A slough crayfish was fished from the ...

The wonderful life and extraordinary history of the NSW ocean pools

Seawater pools sitting on rocky surf coasts so that waves can wash into them are wet, wild, convivial public places ...

The BLU Porthcawl Longboard Classic 2022 – photos and results

News from Old Blighty: In summary, the surf was fine, the weather good, the surfing great, the bants epic, and ...

On the rebound – pelicans once threatened with extinction are coming back

We all love a pelican, and the big-billed brown pelicans are the jumbo jets of the bird world – “a ...

Ancient surf scribe joins 21st century

From Phil Jarratt: How long does it take to build a website? Forever, because it’s never quite finished. I heard that ...

RIP Dick Brewer, 1936 – 2022. The shaping & design wizard – tribute and video interview

Richard “Dick” Brewer died peacefully at home on Sunday, surrounded by his wife Sherry, family, and friends. From any angle his was ...

Finals Day with the WSL at Manly

Here’s the press release wrap-up from the WSL. We’ve edited out most of the shortboard news figuring you’ve seen it ...

From Guiness: Sebastian Steudtner biggest wave record – news & vid ( in slo-mo & flat-chat)

Sebastian Steudtner (Germany) is always, 100% committed to his plan A. No plan Bs.  This inspiring mentality — as well as a ...