Obstacles aside, surfing is riding a quiet revolution in India

Duke Kahanamoku’s Boots & Tom Blake’s Book! The originals at Noosa Longboards store

Noosa Longboards has a most extraordinary collection of surf and pop culture ephemera, and how about these two unique new ...

Sea lions panicked by hunting orcas almost sink fishing boat

Dozens of sea lions seeking to escape a pack of hunting killer whales in southern Chile have surprised a fishing ...

“A Cup of Tea with God” - Celebrating Noosa - the Fest and all the rest

Masterfully directed by Shaun Cairns at Panga Productions - a 23 minute film of history, characters, and magical footage. So as ...

Viva Las Vegas! Yeppoon Queensland meets Vegas Nevada

And doing it in serious luxury by the looks – just check out the virtual tour below. Here’s the news as ...

THE NEW PLB - ISSUE 107 – 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 - and believe ...

“THUMP”

10 minute mini-movie featuring Kassia Meador, Jonah Reimers, Grant Hilling, Saxon Wilson and Ryan Conklin at Malibu. Animation is by Will ...

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 ...

“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 ...