Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

This is not a surf story, but . . . As posted by The Guardian on Friday January 10: Climate breakdown drove the annual global temperature above the internationally agreed 1.5C target for the first time last year, supercharging extreme weather and causing “misery to ...

RIP Mike Hynson - 1942 – 2025

Mike Hynson, the star of the original Endless Summer and one of surfing’s most influential shapers and designers, died on ...

Skegs & Feet & Inches

This is a rerun of a Buzz piece in the magazine from a year or so ago - someone may ...

Impact Report – from Surfers For Climate

Update from Josh Kirkman, the CEO of Surfers for Climate: 2024 WAS A HUGE YEAR OF IMPACT AND GROWTH FOR SURFERS ...

“Welcome to Hel” – a surf trip to Poland

The Weird Waves guy Dylan Graves heads off to the Hel Peninsula in Poland! “Welcome to my surf trip to Hel, ...

“Road Trippin’ - Surf radio Crescent Swells - track list, tune in

“Road Trippin’ with David just cruising around during the holidays to the perfect surf trip mix on Crescent Swells.” - From DJ ...

Noosa Longboard Pro LQS1000 now all set for the Noosa Festival of Surfing 2025

News from the WSL: COOLANGATTA, QLD / AUS (15/12/2024, 2024) – Over 50 of the Australia / Oceania region’s best up-and-coming longboarders ...

The Sea Sea Hotel, Crescent Head – what was once the old Wombat is now something else entirely!

Award-winning creative director and designer George Gorrow (previously Ksubi Co-Founder and Creator of The Slow in Bali) and his wife ...

Riding the Sardine Run – “The Greatest Shoal on Earth” - KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

The full 37-minute film from FCS – teeming wild life and surf. “Riding The Sardine Run tells the story of a group ...

Surf Mania – the full 47-minute movie

You may have watched Sunset Surf Craze on here a few weeks ago – a pretty great early 60s movie on the ...

The oldest footage ever shot of surfing - Thomas Edison’s “Surf Scenes” – filmed in 1906

Three minutes: “Panoramic View, Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.” "Hawaiian Islands" is a 1906 actuality film by Thomas A. Edison's studio. ...

105 FREE SURFBOARDS - HERE’S THE FULL LIST!

Yes it’s taken awhile but we really have given away 105 top-end boards to our Aussie subscribers over 105 issues ...

Vanimo Surf Lodge PNG gets rolling on the St.Therese Lote Primary School for local kids

For a number of years now Vanimo Surf Lodge in Papua New Guinea has been collecting daily VSAMP (surf fees) ...

The Twin Fin Invitational 2024 – First Edition

A kinda relaxed 17-minute film from France featuring 27 invitees from around the world on twins in pumping A-frames – ...

Neanderthals got “surfer's ear” too, study says

It may be more info than you need, but here’s some current ancient news from CNN: When humans are habitually exposed to ...

One trillion reasons why your daily surf is good for your health, and the economy

Universities in Australia and Chile have gotten together and worked out that surfing is good for your mental and physical ...

“Summer Time” - Surf radio Crescent Swells - track list, tune in

“A fresh new summertime show where we reveal Elton John as a super fan of Ocean Alley. It’s a fun ...

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