Zombie shark and the cannibals

A gray whale swam halfway across the world, setting a new record

From the Amazing Sea Stories file: The 40-foot male travelled from the North Pacific to Namibia, the first sighting of ...

“Points South” with Dan Ross, Dave Rastovich, and John John Florence

A 10-minute short film from well down in the Southern Ocean. Warping beachbreak peaks with Dan, Rasta, John John, and Ted ...

Pacific Longboarder’s editor JB waffling on the Oz Longboarding Podcast

Along with panelists Jason “Weeksy” Weeks in Perth, West Australia, Kirra Molnar in Noosa, Queensland, Matty “Cookie” Cook in Cronulla, ...

Kiwi surfer fought off a shark and lived to tell the story

Tai Juneau, 26, was surfing in the waters off New Plymouth in New Zealand’s North Island when his fingers were ...

Tools, teamwork & trickery - newly discovered dolphin behaviours

News from Nat Geo: There’s no question dolphins are incredibly smart. But how they use their intelligence to survive continues ...

West Australia: fatal shark attack in Perth, witnessed by a boat of teens

From WAtoday: Teenager Kaiden Boult, 16, said he was surfing near the rocks when he noticed a commotion break out ...

Good news from the Surf Film Archive

Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far. We’ve raised over $15,000 which will go directly to finding, scanning ...

Unsung surf hero paid tribute in film: “A Creature of Leisure – The John Malloy Story”

Narrated by Steph Gilmore - telling the story of surf leash innovator John Malloy. From Creatures: If you surf, you’ve almost ...

Octupuses on ecstasy “become more social”

You have to wonder who funded this study, but anyway, here it is as reported by the BBC (a repost from ...

Surfers For Climate – join the club (get a $50 Patagonia voucher)

The Sustainable Supply Club is an initiative to help our community consume better, while helping grow a sea-roots movement for ...

Hydrofoils in crowded line-ups?

Ever done much surfing with foilboarders sharing your line-up? Maybe you ride foils yourself? We hadn’t had much to do ...

Surf in the desert? Welcome to the Coachella Valley Surf Club

Surfers are simultaneously the most negative and blindly optimistic bunch of people on the planet. Rock up to the surf ...

To err is human - to mistakenly bite is baby white shark

From the New York Times: A study led by Australian scientists found that young white sharks may mistakenly attack humans ...

R.I.P. Fred Pyke 1934-2021 - Australian innovator, shaper and manufacturer gone at 87

Torquay surf industry pioneer Fred Pyke has been remembered as one of the most influential figures of his time and ...

“PYKE PERFECTION” – an entertaining 14-minute film by Glen Hunwick on Victorian trail-blazer FRED PYKE

A then-and-now celebration of Fred Pyke's surfboards, this film features a collection of extremely good surfers from the Torquay area riding a ...

“One longboard + one surfer = a new friend”: The Sayulita Longboard Contest

The news from local Horacio Eudave and expat Aussie Emy Dossett on Mexico's Pacific Coast..  When you come to Sayulita, you’re not just ...