Dick Hoole recalls a time when Burleigh Heads was surfing's 'centre of the universe'

The one-and-only local world-famous Manly Longboard Co

Mark and Julie Preece came up with the Manly Longboard Co. concept and shop in 1995, and at cottage-level it’s gone ...

Riley Balsawood now in Italy - and available through Europe

From Mark Riley: Finally, we have some 150kg/m3 balsa in stock in Italy, and we’ve been working on this shipment ...

Tati tests her Takayama at Freshie

Over the years we’ve phoned 101 Aussies to tell them they’ve won a top-end board just for being a PLB ...

WIN AN OCEANSIDE SURFCRAFT 9’3” BLUNT

Check out the Blunt – an Involvement style single-fin complete with volan clear deck and resin swirl bottom, and all ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 117 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's what

Magic Mick the Hyphen brings us his run-down on what lies between the covers of the newie: ISSUE No 117 >> FEATURES  INNER NZ Expat ...

TATI TAKES THE TAKAYAMA

Over the years we’ve phoned 100 Aussies to tell them they’ve won a top-end board just for being a PLB ...

Anyone you know worth spending 50 bucks on? Christmas sorted – easy-as

We’re all getting bombed with gift ideas – but how about this for something completely different. And 4 times during 2024 that ...

Honestly, it’s a real shark photo:

It took weeks for marine biologist-turned-photographer Thomas P. Peschak to make his most famous image. Instantly, his photo of a great white ...

WIN a Donald Takayama DT 60s Model in our 101st board giveaway - and yes that is 101 boards!

If you’ve ever wondered why Donald Takayama is considered the guru of longboard shapers, how about this rollcall of surfers from back ...

101 FREE SURFBOARDS! Check out the roll-call – and the newie

We’ve had a lot of fun getting to phone 100 Aussie readers to tell them they’ve won a new board ...

DAVE TAKES DELIVERY OF THE RILEY BALSA 100!

Our 100th subscriber board winner Dave Mercer has now picked up the fully handmade Riley Hawaiian Balsa Gun from Sydney and for now it ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 116 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

Magic Mick the Hyphen brings us his run-down on what lies between the covers of the newie: >> FEATURES CORNWALL – POINTS ...

OUR 100th BOARD WINNER! – THE RILEY BALSA 9’6”!

David Mercer from Bulli sure scored when we phoned to say he’d won our 100th subscriber board – the unique, fully ...

Update on “Some Like It Classic” movie - shot on 16mm colour film over 7 years - tailer, synopsis & news

A tribute to the 1965 film “Some Like it Wet" and the great, but largely unknown, “Some like It Smooth".  "Some Like ...

OUR 100th BOARD – WIN A RILEY BALSA FOAM-CORE 9’6” GUN!*

YES 100! And to be drawn before next issue! Every issue for 20 years we’ve given a magazine subscriber* a top-end longboard, and ...

History of Coolangatta – a 12-minute vid from “The doorway to Queensland”

Produced in 2011 & covering the history of the southern end of the Gold Coast back to James Cook. “The history ...