Sea levels, and heads in the sand

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

Meet the stoked surf nutters of the world’s original stationary wave, the Eisbach

Germany and downtown Munich is not first place you think of when it comes to riding waves, but it does have ...

Like the ‘Loch Ness Monster’: Basking sharks return to California waters

Ryan Lawler saw the dorsal fin in the distance, swaying slowly side to side, and assumed it was a great ...

R.I.P. Mike Doyle, the great surfer, shaper, adventurer, dead at 78

The original hotdogger, Duke title winner at Sunset, surf wax creator, sold Gidget her first board in 1959, US West ...

Log Rap The Movie – with a cast of thousands (well a dozen)

There’s been a bunch of Ryan Cannon’s Log Rap shorts around over the past couple years, and now he’s gone ...

Whopping great white bites off more than it can chew

A fisherman witnessed a gory scene as a monster great white shark was hauled from the water after the animal ...

Sam gets his Keyo – our 82nd PLB magazine subscriber board winner!

And reckon he wasn’t ready to get it in the water. Said Keyo shaper Johnny Gill: “Young Sam has picked ...

Meet the stoked surf nutters of the world’s largest lake

Duluth Minnesota, Bob Dylan’s hometown, is probably not first place you think of when it comes to surf. But it ...

THE NEW ISSUE OF PLB - GOT A COPY?

Each issue we ask Mick the Mighty Proof Reader to give us his view of what's what, so here’s what he ...

R.I.P. Gary Propper - pioneering pro surfer, artist, and the visionary behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A master of reinvention: Legendary US East Coast surfer Gary Propper died in his sleep Thursday night, March 14th. Gary ...

Dick Dale, godfather of surf guitar, dies aged 81

“The screams of wild animals and the sound and sensation of being in the ocean inspires my sound.” Born Richard Anthony ...

OUR 83rd GIVEAWAY BOARD – A CLEARWATER VIPER

The last 9 of the 82 longboards we’ve given away to our magazine subscribers have been beautiful big single-fins, so for ...

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

All of us sat in school and doodled waves and surfboards and stared out the window right? But who ever ...

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 ...