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‘Got your visa?’: Victoria’s coastal enclave Rye is holding fast to its barefoot roots

‘Got your visa?’: Victoria’s coastal enclave Rye is holding fast to its barefoot roots

Gentrification hasn’t reached this part of the Mornington Peninsula, where residents say ‘if you don’t play golf, surf or fish, you’re going to struggle’ From The Guardian: It’s a few hours from the Goldfields, where I live, to Rye, where my ...


RIP: Janet MacPherson – Malibu original

RIP: Janet MacPherson – Malibu original

After a life under the sun very well lived, Malibu original Janet MacPherson gracefully kicked out on March 5 at ...

Surfing Duck at Rainbow Bay – the vid goes nuts

Surfing Duck at Rainbow Bay – the vid goes nuts

A repost of one of our most visited pieces from this week last year. Here’s how the BBC reported it:   Surfing duck: ...

With Easter upon us, time for a visit to Bells in 1970 with (the fabulous) Ma and Pa Bendall

With Easter upon us, time for a visit to Bells in 1970 with (the fabulous) Ma and Pa Bendall

A news episode from “This Day Tonight” - ferretted from the annals of Australia’s national broadcaster by Detective Ian Lording, who ...

The UK’s first World Surfing Reserve – check out these line-ups from North Devon

The UK’s first World Surfing Reserve – check out these line-ups from North Devon

That’s the world’s 12th WSR – and here’s how it was reported by the BBC: North Devon joins a list that ...

Not waving, drowning . . .

Not waving, drowning . . .

How does drowning happen and how can you prevent it. The idea that a drowning person splashes and calls for ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 110 - Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info on what's in it

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 110 - 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 SAM MEETS SETH Flying ...

McCartney, McCoy, new music and the new clip for the Surfrider Foundation

McCartney, McCoy, new music and the new clip for the Surfrider Foundation

Longtime Surfrider supporter and filmmaker Jack McCoy has a long association with one of music’s most iconic and beloved artist, ...

Verbal assault? Current and 3-time World Champ Joel Tudor suspended by the WSL for Code of Conduct Violations

Verbal assault? Current and 3-time World Champ Joel Tudor suspended by the WSL for Code of Conduct Violations

He’s never been backward in expressing an opinion, but did the WSL ever get it’s nose out of joint over ...

NESTEROFF NAILS THE NETTLETON

NESTEROFF NAILS THE NETTLETON

It’s forever amazing to us the sorts of people who subscribe to PLB.  The common denominator of course is that they’re ...

RIP Johnny Fain – one of the Four Princes of Malibu

RIP Johnny Fain – one of the Four Princes of Malibu

The fast-turning fast-talking Malibu local died on Wednesday aged 78. One of the original “Four Princes of Malibu” along with ...

Some good news - humpback whales have been taken off the Australian threatened species list

Some good news - humpback whales have been taken off the Australian threatened species list

From “The Humpback Highway” on Roaring Journals: For a country with one of the world’s highest rates of species extinction, Australia ...

Depression era beach hangs with Dick Metz and Shirley Temple

Depression era beach hangs with Dick Metz and Shirley Temple

From SHACC - Dick Metz stories, as told to Ben Marcus: Dick Metz can no longer lie about his age. He ...

From a serendipitous shipwreck to 30 years of Atoll Adventures at Pasta Point in the Maldives

From a serendipitous shipwreck to 30 years of Atoll Adventures at Pasta Point in the Maldives

In 1973 Maroubra surfer Tony “Honky” Hinde and his mate Mark Scanlon were crewing on a dodgy yacht from Sri ...

Behind the lens with longboard photographer Tommy Pierucki

Behind the lens with longboard photographer Tommy Pierucki

As posted on The Inertia: Born and raised outside of Chicago, Tommy Pierucki doesn’t come from a long line of surfers or photographers. But ...

How removing seaweed is helping the world

How removing seaweed is helping the world

From Nat Geo: This has been a week in which old and new specters of apocalypse seemed to be fighting for ...

Meet The Pieruckis

Meet The Pieruckis

A total gent and major talent (and modest to boot), photographer Tommy Pierucki has shot three of our PLB magazine ...

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