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RIP Marty Tullemans – legendary surf photographer, larger-than-life character

RIP Marty Tullemans – legendary surf photographer, larger-than-life character

News is everywhere today in surf circles that we’ve lost Marty after a battle with dementia over the past couple of years. Social media is full of tributes and no wonder, he was a major talent and a special human ...


Subscribe & WIN a Carabine “Shakey” Modern Log – our 90th giveaway board

Subscribe & WIN a Carabine “Shakey” Modern Log – our 90th giveaway board

After 51 years straight of building surfboards of all sorts in Wollongong, the Carabine label runs deep in the DNA ...

JESSE JAGS THE BLACK SQUARE PRO – PLB BOARD GIVEAWAY

JESSE JAGS THE BLACK SQUARE PRO – PLB BOARD GIVEAWAY

20-year-old IT guy Jesse Gerlach was heading for a paddle at Queenscliff when we stopped him in his tracks with ...

500,000 spiny superheros released to devour Hawaii’s coral-smothering algae

500,000 spiny superheros released to devour Hawaii’s coral-smothering algae

From the Strange Sea Stories File: Half a million sea urchins have now been deployed through NOAA and the Hawaii ...

Three women from New Jersey – shaking the ’70s

Three women from New Jersey – shaking the ’70s

From SHACC: Back in the late ’60s and throughout most of the ’70s, three young women helped shape the future ...

Lucy Small, “Salwater Pilgrim” - Oz Longboarding Podcast Episode 26

Lucy Small, “Salwater Pilgrim” - Oz Longboarding Podcast Episode 26

Kirra Molnar introduces her good friend and fellow world longboard tour competitor Lucy Small. A renowned wordsmith (and regular PLB feature ...

Rare footage of Victoria's first surfers in 1920 - “Surfing Hawaiian Redwood Boards at Lorne”

Rare footage of Victoria's first surfers in 1920 - “Surfing Hawaiian Redwood Boards at Lorne”

From Craig Baird at the Australian National Surfing Museum: “This is footage from Lorne in the early 1920s showing the ...

Paul McCartney launches new Music Video to support Surfers For Climate

Paul McCartney launches new Music Video to support Surfers For Climate

"Often we can feel a bit helpless to engage in climate action. With that in mind we created Surfers For ...

1963, Pearl Turton at Palmy from the “Surf and Underwater Girls Series” newsreels

1963, Pearl Turton at Palmy from the “Surf and Underwater Girls Series” newsreels

Dug up from the bowels of the British Pathe Reuters Historical Collection by PLB’s archive detective Ian Lording. Six minutes of gold ...

“Cosmic Torchings” – full 18-minute film

“Cosmic Torchings” – full 18-minute film

Longboards & short: “A warped journey into the torched portals of parallel dimensions. Buckle in and take a trip with ...

“The water just seemed to boil” – Australian Prime Minister disappears – fresh take on enduring mystery

“The water just seemed to boil” – Australian Prime Minister disappears – fresh take on enduring mystery

It was "like a leaf being taken out," lamented Marjorie Gillespie. "So quick and final." It was a Sunday morning, ostensibly like ...

Big manta rays “right under noses” off busy Florida

Big manta rays “right under noses” off busy Florida

From the Strange Sea Stories file: The unusually high number of young “urban mantas” suggests there is a nursery ground ...

So Russel Crowe’s the biggest South Sydney Rabbitohs fan? Hardly! Hail Jack and Corey

So Russel Crowe’s the biggest South Sydney Rabbitohs fan? Hardly! Hail Jack and Corey

Meet Maroubra locals Darren “Jack” Corner and his son Corey: “We both love longboarding and we both love The Bunnies!” Yes it's ...

Oz Longboarding Episode 21: with Jodie Barsby, the Queen of Crescent Head

Oz Longboarding Episode 21: with Jodie Barsby, the Queen of Crescent Head

This week the panel chats with much-admired Australian surfer Jodi Barsby.  “A former ASP and open women's longboard competitor Jodie Barsby ...

Exit exostosis (surfers ear) – protection plugs for groms

Exit exostosis (surfers ear) – protection plugs for groms

The latest news from SurfEars on their new version of their kid’s design: The SurfEars JUNIOR 2.0 has an improved fit ...

A hit songwriter's villa on one of the world's best beaches is up for sale

A hit songwriter's villa on one of the world's best beaches is up for sale

What has this got to do with a surf mag . . . well it’s got a beach, and not ...

SURFER magazine throws in the towel after 60 years in print

SURFER magazine throws in the towel after 60 years in print

It’s the end of an institution. The world’s first surf magazine, founded by surfer, writer, artist John Severson has called ...

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