The wave pool backlash

The Year in Pictures 2021 – from the NY Times

Viewed from any angle, 2021 has been a tumultuous year – and this collection of 176 "Pictures of the Year" ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 109 - 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: Issue No 109  >> FEATURES 5 ...

WIN A NETTLETON 9’6” MULTIPLY

A true hotdogger, the Multiply was created a few years back with Belinda Baggs. She wanted a longboard she could ...

The Carabine is off to Vicco

“The only thing I’ve ever won in my life was the National Service draft!” laughed David Jackson when we phoned ...

Short film on Super 8: “Monastery Garden”

Nine minutes from Riviera Nayarit, Mexico – a short by - Michele Lorusso. Surfers: Leah Dawson, Makala Smith, Karina Rozunko & Lola ...

Surfing in India is taking off, but locals are staring down a tidal wave of plastic pollution

From ABC Science: When Tushar Pathiyan and Ishita Malaviya moved to Manipal on India's west coast in the mid-2000s, neither knew ...

Best Wedge wipeouts from the summer of 21

Grab a packet of Jaffas - here in the fine tradition of Bud Browne and Bruce Brown’s wipeout reels are 12 minutes of ...

Time Capsule: Noosa, winter 1966 with George, Bob and Nat

A repost from January of one of our most popular web pieces for 2021 - This clip is from Australia’s National Film & ...

One. Year. On. Ben Considine in Victoria – full 14-minute edit.

“So it's been a full year of creating these edits and getting The Sunday Glide out each week has been ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Great Whites swim around and under surfers - drone footage

Insane drone footage caught off the coast of Del Mar shows juvenile great white sharks swimming underneath surfers who are ...

Camping, Vanning, Meh!

An “opinion” piece from Neil “Moonwalker” Armstrong:  There’s no phrase on earth that divides people quicker than "let’s go camping”. Whether ...