The Yanks Down Under - original footage from the 1956 visit that changed Australian surfing forever.

WSL World Longboard Tour Schedule for 2024!

Yep, it's up and running – here’s the latest from the WSL: LOS ANGELES, Calif., USA (Friday, February 23, 2024) - Today, ...

SurfAid and Perfect Wave Travel partner on the ultimate surf experience with a purpose

News supplied by SurfAid: For the very first time SurfAid, in partnership with Perfect Wave Travel, invites surfers and supporters alike ...

Aussie Team announced for the ISA Worlds in El Salvador

Press release from Surfing Australia: CASUARINA, NSW (February 21, 2024): Surfing Australia is excited to announce the four athletes heading to El ...

The Burleigh Heads WSL Longboard QS for the 2024 World Tour – wrap & photos

This was the only qualifier event for the Oceania region for the 2024 WSL World Longboard Tour, and it’s understandable if ...

Australia named top country for fatal shark attacks, with surfers at greatest risk

Global shark bite deaths doubled in 2023 with 40% occurring in Australia –  and a study finds ‘unprovoked’ attacks were more ...

The Artificial Reef at Middleton in West Australia – the latest

Expressions of Interest are underway via The City Of Albany and the WA government to build the long anticipated artificial ...

Rare surf footage from 1925 – “The Popular Sport of Surfboarding” – Bondi Beach

Three minutes from 1925, pre talkies. Ferretted from deep in the Australian Screen web pages by Ian Lording.  SOME BACKGROUND & ORIGINAL NOTES: Clip description This ...

A particularly grisly mystery in the Pacific Nothwest – solved by science

You never know what might be floating around - a repost of our most-read piece from this week last year ...

Water quality campaigners immortalized as statues

The Sirens of Sewerage – from the Dorset Echo: Sculpture at beach stark reminder of sewage pollution battle, campaigners say Local activists ...

Greenside Surf Shop - Woolgoolga

From Adam, at Greenside Surf and Adventure: Opened in late 2023, our surf store at Woolgoolga on the North Coast of ...

Noosa Festival latest – spots left, surf history with TC, PT & PJ, the Twin Fin & HP divisions, and more

News supplied direct from the Fest: The countdown has started! Can you believe it’s already the middle of February?  And this week we ...

“Sunset Surf Craze “– a rare 47 minutes from the very early days of the North Shore

With footage from Walt Phillip’s original movie “Sunset Surf Craze”, Walt himself narrates this remake with the easy charm and understated ...

Every style of board storage rack imaginable - Surf n’ Rak have been designing and building them since 1996

Out of Southside Sydney and shipping worldwide, the crew at Surf n’ Rak have now been manufacturing all-Australian made surf storage systems ...

Shark gets stingray pregnant

This has absolutely nothing to do with surfing, but any odd occurrence to do with the ocean will often find ...

The road to San Onofre (and longboard heaven) washed away and closed indefinitely

Boat access anyone? A series of storms and solid swell has washed away the dirt road to SanO - that most ...

A rare “Doomsday Fish” – a harbinger of terrible news, or simply a magnificent beast?

While many legends surround these deep-sea dwellers, it is unusual for humans to encounter oarfish – as reported in UNI ...