This year sees Wavelength celebrating our 40th year in print and while much has come and gone since those early days, we remain as committed as ever to creating quality compendiums of surf culture you can hold in your hands. Our 2021 volumes contained over 280 pages of long-form stories and beautiful imagery, from local […]
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Chronicles of Gnarlier: Machete Wielding Burglars in Bimshire
As told by Roland Cadeaux I went to Barbados in the early Naughties with two good mates from home. It was around March time, the end of a miserable winter, and Barbados provided the perfect antidote to a brutal 6 months in the UK; warm, blue water, great weather and waves… The dream trip, then. […]
On Reefs: Jase Finlay & The Underwater Cave
Imagine wiping out on a wave, waiting for the turbulence to clear and then attempting to resurface only to discover you were trapped in an underwater cave.
That’s exactly the nightmares scenario that befell Aussie bodyboarder Jase Finlay while surfing a slab in Ireland.
Read his full account in all its harrowing detail, right here:
A Tale Of Smuggling, Bad Grace & The Best Wave Of Lord Ted’s Life
The following is an excerpt from Surf, Sweat & Tears, a biography chronicling the epic life and mysterious death of British surfing legend Viscount Edward William Deerhurst, otherwise known Lord Ted. In this chapter, author Andy Martin recounts a trip to Bali in the early ’80s that would prove seminal not only for Ted’s surf […]
Barbarism Begins at Home: Toilet Trouble & a Pulitzer Prizewinner in Hossegor
[Bill Finnegan’s Pulitzer winning surf memoir Barbarian Days, as well as loads of other great X-Mas gift shaped reads, are available now in the WL Shop] In Spring 1999 I was in West Oz (technically the austral autumn, before the pedants chime) and about to go to Bali for the very first time. I happened […]
Deep Cuts From The Wavelength Archive – Part III – The Trailblazers
Twenty-twenty-one marks Wavelength’s 40th year in print. To celebrate the occasion, we’re diving deep into the Wavelength archive to bring you a series of short stories featuring key cultural moments, entertaining asides and colourful characters from around the British surf scene and beyond over the last four decades. Read part I here. Read part II here. The […]
