“THUMP”

Here’s how they handled the shark menace in Sydney in 1964 - high-tech, foolproof

Our most visited post from this week last year: A newsreel for British cinema and TV, featuring packed northern Sydney beaches ...

Our shout for another Pilsner! Yes two subscriber giveaway boards in row from Fine Surfcraft by Andrew Warhurst!

Another Pilsner please! The first one went down so well we’re going again. For the second issue in a row our ...

Malcolm on Mornington Peninsula scores the Pilsner – our 91st board winner

Victorian Malcolm Duckett was just a little pumped when we phoned to say he’d won the Fine Surfcraft by Andrew ...

Our 90th subscriber board winner John Sorby picks up his Carabine 9’8” Space Pig

Three months back John Sorby won our subscriber board which was to be a “Shakey” model, which is pretty much ...

Surfing icy, windy Lake Tahoe – Weird Waves Season 3 Episode 4

The WW lads are really churning out the content of late: “Surfing in Lake Tahoe? Is that a thing? Dylan Graves ...

New short film “Night Crawler” with Chelsea Woody, exploring the experience of women of colour in surfing

The Textured Waves co-founder and racial justice advocate Chelsea Woody has hooked up with Vans as their newest ambassador – and to make ...

Man who survived bear attack gets bitten by a shark - in case you missed it, a much-read PLB news piece from three years ago this week

"I don't blame the shark, I don't blame the bear, and I don't blame the rattlesnake," the victim said. For some ...

J-Bay: South African Longboard Surfing Championships 2021- presented by RYD

SA Longboard Surfing celebrates 31 years of Championships in 2021. The event takes place each year and is contested by ...

Forget the white whale – meet the pink manta ray named Inspector Clouseau

From the Strange Sea Story file: "He's usually flirting with the females and his body condition is good so we don't ...

“The Children of the Weird” – third episode of Season 3 of Weird Waves

In this episode Dylan Graves and the crew link up with The Children of the Weird. Or at least that’s ...

Gen Z spends more time reading print than they do on digital platforms (and no we didn't make this up, it's from global financial information provider Reuters).

From a three-part series on print by Reuters: Gen Z grew up with social media and tech and have never known a world ...

Tanker Surfing: “Weird Waves” heads to Texas

Season 3 Episode 2, from Vans: “For our latest instalment of Weird Waves, the crew took off to Texas to ...

Lessons from the world's biggest brands. The power of print - Part two from Reuters.

You’d be forgiven for thinking we cooked this up ourselves, but we’re not that savvy. Over to Reuters - repost:  Last ...

Sibu Manaï – Justine Mauvin’s hybrid electro, creole, soul, pop – want to listen?

We’re still getting feedback on the rather brilliant eight-page profile of musician and world-ranked French longboarder Justine Mauvin from Issue 104 ...

This week in Malibu: “Summer Swell - Don’t Pee on Your Car!”

A 22-minute movie by Grant Hilling. Surfers: Joel Tudor, Allen Sarlo, Andy Lyon, Sophia Sarlo, Tosh Tudor, Zian Boyd, Tommy ...

Weird Waves returns with a new season – first episode “The Night Riders”

From Vans: “Welcome back to Weird Waves. Like everyone else on this planet, 2020 hit the WW Crew like a ton ...