Okanui opens new flagship store on The Manly Corso

Okanui has been a family-owned Australian apparel business for over 40 years. Dick Ash actually sowed the first pairs of Okanui boardshorts on his mum’s Singer from canvas Australia Post bags he’d “borrowed” from the Avalon PO way back when ...

Shaping Methods of Mike Davis

This 14-minute video was supplied by Little Cove Surfboards out of Noosa. Mike Davis grew up in Santa Barbara, moved ...

Got blocked ears after a surf? Pardon?

Well a lot of us have hey, and a disclaimer up front here, this is a blatant plug for the ...

Five minutes of the long-lost footage from Australia’s First “Professional” Surf Contest

Plastic Machines and Trackers had recently come and gone in quick succession, and now little eggs and pintails and what-not ...

For this royal public holiday: Flashback to Edward, Prince of Wales, surfing Hawaii in 1920

This is the bounder who abdicated the crown, which was soon to lead to Elizabeth II inheriting the big gig. Anyway, here's ...

Beware the Blob

From Nat Geo: Marine heat waves are on the rise. What are these blobs of hot water? The water began warming in ...

Billionaire no more: Patagonia founder gives away the company

There have been baggings and doubters on Twitter, FB, and Instagram (of course) since this news came out yesterday, but ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 112 - 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 Mr METICULOUS It’s over ...

OUR 97th BOARD - WIN A CARABINE “SHAKEY” MODERN LOG

After 52 years of building surfboards of all sorts in Wollongong, the Carabine label runs deep in the DNA of ...

Surfer, journalist, author, and gentleman, Tim Baker - an excerpt from his book "Patting the Shark"

From The Conversation on ABC: My oncologist has one of those little motivational prints hanging on his waiting room wall, with ...

OUR 96th BOARD! WIN THE SUGAR MOUNTAIN "HTD"

Jordan Nobel’s been a pivotal shaper in the Victorian and Australian log and longboard scene for over 20 years, having ...

RIP Barry Bennett – the great Australian surfboard building trailblazer and family man

From a text from his family today (Tuesday 12): “It is with great sadness to say Barry passed away in ...

Mount Longboards: Original surf apparel from NZ – made in Honolulu – online store, and now the new actual shop!

Following on from their online operation, Mount Longboards’ new store is in the Cruise Deck at 169 Maunganui Rd, Mount ...

NESTEROFF GETS HIS NETTLETON - our 94th subscriber board winner

“Got my hands on the board, it’s fabulous! Setting it up now for this weekend - thanks for this, I am ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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