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A Swell Century: surfing Sydney’s beaches from 1915 to 2019 – in pictures

A Swell Century: surfing Sydney’s beaches from 1915 to 2019 – in pictures

Surfing mythology often places the birth of the sport in Australia at the feet of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, who was said to have taught board riding to 15-year-old Sydney swimming coach Isabel Letham during a visit to Sydney’s shores in ...


Our 85th free board! Win a 9’2” fully handmade Black Square Noserider!

Our 85th free board! Win a 9’2” fully handmade Black Square Noserider!

Yep our 85th PLB magazine subscriber giveaway! Black Square Surfboards’ shaper Ryan Chelman was raised in the surf shop his ...

Gerry gets his Warhurst Pilsner – our 84th board winner

Gerry gets his Warhurst Pilsner – our 84th board winner

Yep we’ve given away 84 boards to our Australian mag subscribers, even if they are American. Gerry Prietto lives in ...

Tracking “Katherine” - the whopping great white cruising the US East Coast – news and vid

Tracking “Katherine” - the whopping great white cruising the US East Coast – news and vid

A great white shark that weighs over 2,000 pounds and measures 15 feet, 5 inches long has been swimming along ...

Vale Jack Eden

Vale Jack Eden

Vale Jack Eden, Australian photojournalist and publisher, who has passed away aged 88 from Parkinson's Disease. Picking up his first camera ...

Humpback playing in the line-up with surfers and dolphins! Watch the vid.

Humpback playing in the line-up with surfers and dolphins! Watch the vid.

From Alasdar Evans: A juvenile humpback whale graced the line up in Western Australia playing in the waves with dolphins ...

ISSUE 100 - What’s in it? Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info

ISSUE 100 - What’s in it? Mick the Mighty Proofreader brings the inside info

Yes it’s our 100th issue of PLB, and copies have landed at the homes of all our Australian subscribers, while the US and ...

Gerry wins the Pilsner from Fine Surfcraft by Andrew Warhurst

Gerry wins the Pilsner from Fine Surfcraft by Andrew Warhurst

When we phoned Gerry Prietto he happened to be driving and his wife Christine answered and put the phone on ...

When wave pools attack!

When wave pools attack!

44 bloodied and injured when a “tsunami pool” in China malfunctioned, sending a massive wave crashing down on swimmers, according ...

Our 84th! That's A LOT of PLB subscriber's who've won a top-end longboard. And here's The Pilsner!

Our 84th! That's A LOT of PLB subscriber's who've won a top-end longboard. And here's The Pilsner!

From 9'1" to 9'8", the Pilsner model is the highest seller in the Fine Surfcraft by Andrew Warhurst range, and like all of ...

LA County’s Bay Street Beach recognized as a “National Historic Place”

LA County’s Bay Street Beach recognized as a “National Historic Place”

Santa Monica Beach has been added to the National Register as a significant site of African American recreation, leisure, and ...

1948 – 2019. Vale Ronny Silcock, Australian larrikin legend surfer and artist

1948 – 2019. Vale Ronny Silcock, Australian larrikin legend surfer and artist

Much loved and admired by so many from all walks of life, Australian legendary surfer and gentleman Ronny Silcock died peacefully ...

PLB readers – our international Barz Optics winners!

PLB readers – our international Barz Optics winners!

While we have PLB magazine subscribers all over the world our 82 board winners over the years have all been ...

60th Anniversary of the first Gidget Movie!

60th Anniversary of the first Gidget Movie!

Yes it’s been 60 years since grommet Kathy “Gidget” Kohner told her screenwriter dad about her adventures on the beach ...

What a stunner! Our 81st board winner picks up his Wilkerson Surfcraft “Mojo”

What a stunner! Our 81st board winner picks up his Wilkerson Surfcraft “Mojo”

Just have a good look at that board, absolutely hand-made start to finish by Matt Wilkerson at his Noosa factory, ...

The new issue of PLB – so what’s in it?

The new issue of PLB – so what’s in it?

Mick the Mighty Proof Reader usually brings us his take on what’s in it each issue but he’s swanning around ...

David scores the Clearwater Viper – our 83rd subscriber board winner!

David scores the Clearwater Viper – our 83rd subscriber board winner!

David Sands from Shelly Beach was just a wee bit excited to win the tuned Clearwater Viper tri-fin in our ...

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