Sam scores the Keyo TP-V – our 82nd subscriber board winner!

Run and won! First leg of WSL World Longboard Tour – wrap & photos

After four massive days of action surfed at three different locations around Noosa, Queensland, Florida’s Justin Quintal and Rio De ...

The Turning Tide – Noosa Fest Day 4, photos & wrap

As predicted for the past week, Tuesday saw a noticeable drop in swell, notwithstanding still providing an excellent array of ...

A Rise in Swell – Noosa Fest Day 3, photos & wrap

Those viewing First Point at dawn must have thought they were hallucinating. First Point, notoriously fickle on the high tide, ...

Some actual good news on plastic!

Single-use plastic bag consumption in Australia has reduced by over 80% following a ban by two supermarkets giants last July, ...

Amazing walking whale of the Amazon?

Wildlife experts are searching for clues following the discovery of a dead humpback whale in the Amazon jungle — about ...

DRAWING THIS WEEKEND - OUR 82nd GIVEAWAY BOARD – A KEYO TP-V! - ARE YOU IN IT?

Yep the time is nearly upon us to make some PLB magazine subscriber very bloody happy! They'll soon be the ...

The island with the electric sea

Orkney’s marine energy innovation: The island’s remote position makes it an ideal place to test new forms of energy such ...

“I told mum I was becoming a surfer, it was worse than joining the Hells Angels.” A catch up with Tasmanian pioneer Mick Lawrence

From ABC Hobart: When Mick Lawrence unknowingly became a surfing pioneer in the 1960s, he says it would have been ...

Swimming with Deep Blue – the mother of all whites

The “world’s biggest great white” kicking back with divers and not remotely interested in eating them after gorging on half ...

“It had one of my legs in it’s mouth.” CA surfer survives great white attack.

For Nick Wapner, Tuesday morning at Montaña de Oro State Park was a typical day of surfing with friends as ...

What's new in Crescent Head? The Station!

JJ Starr has opened The Station online board store, and its something different for Crescent. He’s stocking boards from local shapers, ...

The news on the latest issue of PLB

Each issue we ask our esteemed proof-reader Mick The Hyphen to give us his run-down on the content – so here’s his ...

PODCAST: PLB’s ed chats youth, death, surf, and the price of fish on the “This Ocean Life” out of Santa Cruz, CA

You may have caught this already on Facebook, you may not be the slightest bit interested, but if you’re curious ...

Bay Street Beach & Santa Monica’s African American heritage –for the National Register of Historic Places

Sea of Clouds, today, announced its intention to nominate Santa Monica’s Bay Street beach area (Los Angeles County, California), a ...

R.I.P. Scott Dillon

One of the original Brookvale Six, a larger-than-life character, a ratbag, a pioneering surfer and surfboard manufacturer, stockcar racer, big-wave ...

Beware the Ancient Mariner

Fishermen illegally trawling the Indian Ocean might soon find they have more to worry about than the proverbial albatross around ...