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

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 in the summer of 1964 - and a system where a guy in a plane spots sharks, and then radios in the ...


Oz Titles – Cabarita Point – all ages through to Over 70, wrap & results

Oz Titles – Cabarita Point – all ages through to Over 70, wrap & results

News from Surfing Australia: CABARITA BEACH, NSW (September 15, 2024): The 2024 Australian Longboard Titles continued today, with the remaining Masters age divisions ...

OZ Titles Day 3 – Junior & Open Titles decided – wrap, result & photos

OZ Titles Day 3 – Junior & Open Titles decided – wrap, result & photos

News from Surfing Australia CABARITA BEACH, NSW (September 14, 2024): The 2024 Australian Longboard Titles have crowned four new champions after a day of ...

JOHN WITZIG - The show after the ‘last’ one

JOHN WITZIG - The show after the ‘last’ one

John Witzig had his first exhibition in 2005 at the Dickerson Gallery, in the heart of Sydney’s art district. This ...

Open and Junior Finalists decided on Day 2 of the Australian Longboard Titles

Open and Junior Finalists decided on Day 2 of the Australian Longboard Titles

News from Surfing Australia: CABARITA BEACH, NSW (September 13, 2024): The Australian Longboard Titles kicked off today in building one-to-four-foot surf, with a ...

Have you got surfers ear? Pardon? Creatures release the new Surf Ears 4.0

Have you got surfers ear? Pardon? Creatures release the new Surf Ears 4.0

A disclaimer up front here, this is a blatant plug for the tech little ear plugs that have been around ...

“Spring has Sprung” - Surf Radio Crescent Swells - track list, tune in

“Spring has Sprung” - Surf Radio Crescent Swells - track list, tune in

“Here is this week’s show No.113. With the warmer weather finally here we feature a lovely mix of warm spring sounds ...

Bennett Surf - 1964 World Titles -  a night Celebrating 60 Years

Bennett Surf - 1964 World Titles - a night Celebrating 60 Years

SURF, HOPS & HISTORY: At Bennett Surf 180 Harbord Road Brookvale - Friday 25 October, 2024 A night celebrating the milestone anniversary ...

Finals Day at the 2024 South African Longboard Championships

Finals Day at the 2024 South African Longboard Championships

News from Marishka Meyers or Surfing South Africa: Seal Point, Cape St. Francis - Finals Day at the 2024 South African Longboard ...

World Surfing Conservation Conference coming to Queensland’s Gold Coast

World Surfing Conservation Conference coming to Queensland’s Gold Coast

News provided: Gold Coast World Surfing Reserve will be hosting a major World Surfing Conservation Conference at the Gold Coast ...

Rare surf footage from 1925 – “The Popular Sport of Surfboarding” – Bondi Beach

Rare surf footage from 1925 – “The Popular Sport of Surfboarding” – Bondi Beach

Three minutes from 1925, pre talkies. Ferretted from deep in the Australian Screen web pages by Ian Lording.  SOME BACKGROUND & ORIGINAL NOTES: Clip description This ...

The Long, Strange Tale of California’s Surf Nazis – some reading from The NY Times

The Long, Strange Tale of California’s Surf Nazis – some reading from The NY Times

Author: Daniel Duane - as run in The New York Times, first posted in September 209. The first time I saw a ...

WIN AN ARCHER SURFBOARDS 9’4” NOSERIDER

WIN AN ARCHER SURFBOARDS 9’4” NOSERIDER

Archer Surfboards is a new brand designed, shaped and finished by young Northern Beaches local Archer Drinan, who’s been building ...

The Yanks Down Under - original footage from the 1956 visit that changed Australian surfing forever.

The Yanks Down Under - original footage from the 1956 visit that changed Australian surfing forever.

We post this here once a year - just because it was so momentous: The US and Hawaiians lifeguard teams bring ...

The latest on Surf Lakes – Coming to America – Yeppoon and the public – the plunger named “Bob”  + vids

The latest on Surf Lakes – Coming to America – Yeppoon and the public – the plunger named “Bob” + vids

The latest news direct from WavePool Mag: What does it mean when Surf Lakes says, “We are ready to build, once ...

“Birth of the Endless Summer” - surf radio Crescent Swells - track list, tune in

“Birth of the Endless Summer” - surf radio Crescent Swells - track list, tune in

“Here’s this week’s show No.112. I take a look at the surf doco ‘Birth of The Endless Summer: Discovery of Cape ...

Rare “Doomsday Fish” turns up off San Diego

Rare “Doomsday Fish” turns up off San Diego

Oarfish live in the deep sea and can grow to more than 30 feet long. The silvery fish are rarely ...

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