Shark slaps surfer and leaves her with a black eye

Where has it been? Bottle washes up on beach after 47 years

Marked 4 pence off, and washed up on an Isle of Man beach just days after a similar find in ...

International Shark Debate Comes To Lennox

In 2011, in response to the French-governed Reunion Island’s elevating ‘shark crisis’, renowned local water sports figure Jean Francois Nativel, ...

The new issue is out – got a copy? Mick the Mighty Proof-Reader brings his rundown on what’s in it

Subscriber copies have landed all over Down Under, the US, NZ and rest-of-the-world mags will be arriving in mailboxes any day – ...

Rare indeed: Keith Paull Designs, plus the latest additions to the unique Rare Surf Tees range

They’re produced in short runs only, with around 100 designs in the range covering surfing’s 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. They’re all ...

Saving Coral

“A particular quirk of their biology: while most people think corals are plants (or even rocks), they are in fact ...

Meghan and Harry are going surfin’

“Ya kidding! Fluro Friday is going Royal. Not sure how they found us and actually still can’t believe it . ...

Tsunami puzzle: Why did the Sulawesi quake produce such big waves?

The catastrophic tsunami on Sulawesi Island is a puzzle. As the emergency response gathers pace, scientists are scratching their heads to ...

This Is Not A Drill

The Great Australian Bight and the Threat From Big Oil. BP, when applying to drill for oil in the Bight in ...

NOOSA Festival of Surfing OPENS ENTRIES for 2019

With the international longboarding community still abuzz with the news of its return, the Noosa Festival of Surfing proudly opens ...

US surfer dies from 'brain-eating amoeba' believed to be contracted at a landlocked surf resort

A surfer in the US died from a ‘brain-eating amoeba’, a rare infection contracted through the nose. Fabrizio Stabile, 29, from ...

Whale asks human for help – human obliges. News + vid

Sydney Harbour: The whale seemed to stare straight at him. Ivan Iskenderian watched it swim within a metre of his ...

Nurdle hunting Nurdlebitch

How a wave of nurdles woke up the people of Warrnambool. A year ago, not many people who live on the ...

Maya Gabeira nails largest wave ever ridden by a woman (recorded) – report and vid from Guinness World Records

Riding a 68-ft wave has seen a Brazilian surfer claim a prestigious award and set a new Guinness World Records ...

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

Dug up from the musty bowels of the British Pathe Reuters Historical Collection by PLB’s super sleuth Ian Lording. Six minutes ...

Here it comes – The Palmy Old Mal Log Rally

Exclusively for pre-1968 boards and modern single-fin logs, on Saturday 10 November Palm Beach Longboarders is hosting its 22th annual Palmy ...

OUR 81st GIVEAWAY BOARD – A WILKERSON SURFCRAFT MOJO!

We really have given away 80 top-end longboards to our magazine subscribers, and how about number 81! Matt Wilkerson hand-shapes and ...