Macabre “Ghost Boats”, and the world’s largest illegal fleet

“At first, the ominous occurrence was either attributed to natural explanations like rough weather or engine failure, or it was suspected to be a North Korean plot involving sending spies to Japan.” Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Outlaw Ocean, award-winning investigative journalist, ...

Woman from New York City killed by shark off Maine

A woman has been killed by a great white shark in a rare attack off the coast of Maine, US ...

Volte Wetsuits West Australian Longboard & Logger Titles – forecast and photos

Trigg Beach WA: With a staggering 18 separate State Championship Titles on the line, the event has attracted a strong field of local contestants plus those ...

Final Day Wrap - Single Fin Mingle - Sumner, Christchurch, NZ

Started off the day bright and early with a glowing sunrise at Scarborough Beach. We ran through the quarters and ...

Kirra Longboard Klassic all set for August – and you’re welcome

Designed to bring together like-minded amateur and entry-level competitors for a fun-filled day of surfing, the organisers are not looking ...

Opening Day – Single Fin Mingle, South Island NZ

A beautiful day Saturday in Sumner, Christchurch, and we kicked off at 8:30 in the chilly 8-degree waters of Scarborough ...

The Surf Witches – the Oz Longboarding Episode 10

From Weeksy and the panel: “This week our special guests are Mon and CJ from The Surf Witches, a group ...

Surfers for koalas

The organisers of the 6th Biennial Global Wave Conference, held in Australia for the first time in February 2020, have ...

The Single Fin Mingle returns to Sumner, Kiwis only this year

The Single Fin Mingle returns to Sumner, Christchurch NZ this weekend after the event was postponed by covid four months ...

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

Author: Daniel Duane. The first time I saw a swastika in the wild, I happened to be carrying a surfboard. The ...

A good news story! One million ‘Wonder Plant’ seedlings planted in Wales to create healthy seas

At a time when shallow seagrass meadows have disappeared from 92% of UK’s vast coastline, scientists have realized that this ...

Online with the amazing down-home world famous Manly Longboard Co

Local? Global? Huh? Forever Manly lad Mark Preece’s parents opened their first shop at South Steyne in 1975 and went ...

You’ve only got one noggin right? Behold the DMC soft surf helmet

There’s been plenty of solid swell along East Coast Oz of late and plenty of surfers taking the drop, so ...

Why does going to the beach make you so tired?

Not talking about a three-hour paddle here, this is about just hanging out – as addressed by Mel Magazine: These days, ...

“Surfing” – 1950

Plucked from the musty bowels of British Pathe by our honorary archive detective Ian Lording, and labelled by the Poms ...

Ten-year-old boy grabbed from boat by a shark in Tasmania

A shark that "grabbed" a 10-year-old boy from a fishing boat off the coast of north-west Tasmania "swam off" when ...

2020 WSL World Longboard Tour officially cancelled

From WSL Longboard Tour Director Devon Howard via Instagram: Due to all the obvious travel restrictions, health and safety guidelines, liability ...

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