Paul McCartney launches new Music Video to support Surfers For Climate

1963, Pearl Turton at Palmy from the “Surf and Underwater Girls Series” newsreels

Dug up from the bowels of the British Pathe Reuters Historical Collection by PLB’s archive detective Ian Lording. Six minutes of gold ...

“Cosmic Torchings” – full 18-minute film

Longboards & short: “A warped journey into the torched portals of parallel dimensions. Buckle in and take a trip with ...

Oz Longboarding Podcast Episode 24: Surf historian and legendary Victorian Bob Smith

Host this week is Nathan Rivalland relegating Jason Weeks to panelist, along with Sean McKeown and Matt Chojnacki. “This week we ...

New women judges – and not the Amy Coney Barrett kind, surf judges :)

And you can join: As part of a wide-reaching initiative to promote gender equality in surfing, the International Surfing Association (ISA) ...

Humpback almost swallows two humans in California

Two whale watchers had a close encounter while kayaking off the coast of Avila Beach that they will likely never ...

“The water just seemed to boil” – Australian Prime Minister disappears – fresh take on enduring mystery

It was "like a leaf being taken out," lamented Marjorie Gillespie. "So quick and final." It was a Sunday morning, ostensibly like ...

Conor Maguire’s monster at Mullaghmore during Hurricane Epsilon

Like Cloudbreak’s meaner, colder, crazy cousin – 60 foot of barrel if it’s an inch – and Ireland’s unassuming 26-year-old ...

Freshwater Malibu & Waikiki? South Korean Wave Park longboard menu

The latest “wave menu” from Wavegarden Technologies has their South Korean Wavepark offering “longboard settings” ranging from "Malibu 1" through ...

“All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front” – cinema newsreel from 1963

Dug from deep in the dark web by PLB’s archive detective Ian Lording via the government’s own Australian Screen NFSA ...

Germany, an abandoned coal mine, and the world’s largest wave pool, ever

On an abandoned coal mine three-hours from the North Sea in the eastern Ruhrm region, a group is planning two ...

The MalibuArtist – shark drone guy

The latest from Carlos the great white enthusiast based in Southern California: “I haven't posted an Observations video in a while, ...

Big manta rays “right under noses” off busy Florida

From the Strange Sea Stories file: The unusually high number of young “urban mantas” suggests there is a nursery ground ...

Oz Longboarding Podcast Episode 20: with longboarder, muso, thinker, Tom Avery

Joining host Jason Weeks this week are panelists Sean McKeown, Kirra Molnar and Nathan Rivalland. “Tom is a well-known singer, songwriter, ...

Oz Longboarding Podcast Episode 22: Mick and Dan Corbett

“This week we are joined by two of the world's best-known big wave hellmen. What most people are NOT aware ...

So Russel Crowe’s the biggest South Sydney Rabbitohs fan? Hardly! Hail Jack and Corey

Meet Maroubra locals Darren “Jack” Corner and his son Corey: “We both love longboarding and we both love The Bunnies!” Yes it's ...

Young bloke, big white, scary stuff

"The tinny might get wet for the next couple of weeks and the kayak might stay in the shed," he ...