Phil Edwards Project Part II: With John Wade

“The Cowboy of the Deep Blue Sea” by Johnny Gallagher & the Boxtie Band

As you well know, whenever an ocean scene comes up on TV or in a movie, every surfer will forget ...

“Queensland Playground” – a leisurely 8 minutes of joy from the Gold Coast in 1957.

And it was another planet! No groynes, no highrise, and just a smattering of shiny happy people . . . ...

Crystal Dzigas – dreamy sessions in the Mentawai Islands

No crowds – June/July 2021.  “Hawaiian Crystal Dzigas visited Alaia Mentawai Indonesia for three weeks. Some clips from the empty line-ups.” Music:  Dusty Springfield - ...

Cocoa Beach Pier locals

Five minutes of scrappy fun from Florida with Emily Ulman, Shane Konrad, and Daniel & Josh Allard Music: Funkelstiltskin - "After School Suspension" 

Logging the Four Doors break in San Onofre

Wiley Archbold, David Arganda aka "Veedster", Shane Macpherson, John Schlesingburger, & Naki styling out at Sano on summer day. Warm ...

Tamam Shud - “Mr Strange” (Official Video) – with Ted and Wayne and Nat

The newly psychedelic prog rockers from Sydney’s Northern Beaches set to surf footage from the very early days of the ...

4th July on the Mid North Coast, NSW

Vid by Gary Mcevoy: “Some powerful swells from the east, light offshore but still a bit bumpy, very cold but ...

Joe Quigg – the father of the modern surfboard

Credited as the founder of the longboard, the big wave gun, and the first to incorporate rocker, among many innovations, ...

Surfing Byron Bay in the early 1960s

A bootleg dug up from the dark web by Ian “Gumshoe” Lording, who added: “Surfing's salad days. Could this be ...

PART 2 - The Single Fin Mingle 2021

Film and Edit by Will Mehen. Additional footage by Finley Woods and William Bowden Says Ambrose McNeill: “Unquestionably one of the world’s ...

PART 1 - The Single Fin Mingle 2021

Let’s head to beautiful Sumner at Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand. Film and Edit by Will Mehen. Additional footage ...

Spectacular bootleg of the 1964 World Titles at Manly

It was 57 years ago last month, and while the film may have deteriorated, the surfing is as hot as any ...

Yamba Single Fin – Open Men’s Final highlights

Vid by Gary Mcevoy. Last weekend on the NSW Mid North Coast. Won by Paul Scholten. “Stairway to Heaven” cover by ...

Six minutes from the early 1960s, North Shore

Ferreted out by Archive Detective Ian Lording from somewhere or other: “The lost art of the kickout. Love how the ...

One minute with Laure Myr

Vid by Gary Mcevoy. French surfer via Byron Bay, Laure styling up on the NSW Mid North Coast. Music: Switchfoot, ...

Beachbreak in Brazil

Three minutes with Juan Escudero, Miguel Carbonell & Nicolas Ludovino. Filmed by Fabrice Carbonell. Edit by Nicolas Ludovino. Music: Vza Banca – “Lingua & Antonio Carlos ...