Pro divisions and ams – latest news from Agnes Water Longboard Classic 2021

Episode 2 from Zanzibar

From the Brilliant Corners series – in Episode 2 Sam and Hussein travel down the coast to the town of Makunduchi to ...

Three weeks to go – countdown to the Byron Bay Surf Festival – tickets available

Special guests Pauline Menczer and Jodie Cooper will be on-hand for a Q&A at the film premiere of Girls Cant ...

Lost longboard washed up on Scottish Island had travelled over 400 miles in the North Sea

The nine-foot board drifted away from Lee Brogan in late November, when the leash snapped as he was surfing at Runswick ...

Sharks and rays have seen better days

While there seems to be no shortage of great whites in coastal waters in recent years, populations of sharks and rays ...

Rare footage of Honolulu back in 1954 – oh to have a time machine

In 1954 Hawaii is still a Territory. Samuel Wilder King is appointed Territorial Governor by US President Eisenhower.  In this year ...

Our 89th board winners Jesse and Black Cat Pepi with their new Black Square PRO

“This board goes so great! So stoked!” A forever Manly local, 20-year-old Jesse Gerlach has been surfing around North Steyne and ...

New Zealand’s West End Wiggle – here it comes for 2021

A month away from the second West End Wiggle, summer is still in force in Ōhope Beach, Bay of Plenty, ...

Hey maybe they’ll even consider a longboard photo this year? Entries open for Surf Photo and Video of the Year Awards

If you’ve got an exceptional shot or vid (we know they’re out there), here’s the link  from Nikon and the press ...

The Rise of Swahili Surf Culture on Zanzibar

From the Brilliant Corners series – host Sam Bleakley heads into the Indian Ocean and explores the surf and culture ...

Surfing Duck at Rainbow Bay – the vid goes nuts

Yep the vid of “Duck” the bodysurfer has gone viral on news channels around the world, so you’ve probably seen ...

Dana Point becomes the first Whale Heritage Site in the U.S.

It was a freezing, windy, drizzly day sometime in the 1990s when I first went whale-watching. Or at least, as ...

Latest program, news & Highlight reels - Byron Bay Surf Festival

News release from the BBSF: Surfers, Beachlovers and Waterpeople! Despite the mayhem and destruction that covid-19 has plagued us with… The ...

Our 88th subscriber board winner Lesa now loving her new Fine Surfcraft by Andrew Warhurst

“Love it! Love it! Love it! So beautifully made and finished, and it goes amazing. I loved it from the first ...

The Summer of ’69 Board Project – vid from Randy Rarick

Sunset Beach, Oahu, and the Summer of 69 Board Project – with Leah Dawson, Willie Asprey and Randy Rarick. “Hey ...

The real reason sharks attack humans

Humans are like ungainly packets of meat when paddling in the ocean and should be easy prey compared to fast-moving ...

“We Are One Ocean” – what you can do

“Join surfers and other ocean lovers in calling on world leaders to support highly protecting 30 percent of our shared, ...