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Is It Safe To Travel To Sri Lanka?

After a series of terrorist attacks that devastated the country and shocked the world just a few weeks ago, and a UK foreign office ban on all but essential travel to the Indian Ocean Island, thousands of people are asking…

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How Observing A Notoriously Angry Ex-Pro Surfer Taught Me About Mindfulness

“Actions speak louder than words, but it’s the thought that counts” An action is evaluated by its motive, not by the action itself. In society today, the law can pardon a killing committed without pre-meditation, yet if a person plans…

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How To Balance Booze, Surfing & Spirituality While Travelling The World

After another stint of exotic, surf focused travel, I found myself slowly but surely veering back to the convenience of the self-destructive lifestyle. Luckily, I found a way to restore equilibrium to my unbalanced soul, and so can you. Constantly…

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Sam Supplier: The UK’s Most Unlikely Frother

Back in 2011 I received a tweet from @samsupplier saying “Alright Bruv, do you want to come on a surf trip with me and give me some coaching, I’ll pay everything innit.” I thought OK who’s this rudeboy DJ wanting…

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Independent Schools Surf Champs returns for third year

The Independent Schools Surf Championships is coming back to Perranporth, Cornwall this October 21st – 24th for the third year running and is set to be a banger with a record number of competitors entering the unique event. The three day…

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SA Champ Nikita Robb to run Sri Lanka Surf Adventures

Nikita Robb is one of South Africa’s Top Female Surfers, having competed in the prestigious ASP World Tour back in the day and been a permanent fixture at the top of the podium in the SA Nationals, the Champ has…

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Bordeaux to Bilbao Cycle Surfari

Join Ticket to Ride for a tailor made cycling adventure through the Basque country surfing at the best spots along the way. This surf and cycle tour starts in the thick of the pine trees in south west France, picking…

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The Gourmet Euro Cycle Surf Tour

After watching a celebratory fundraising cycle video at a charity do, Will Jessup and I insisted on going a step further and cycling from Newquay to Santander, surfing along the way. I hadn’t actually ridden a road bike before and…

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GB Olympian Jenny Jones Gets Her Ticket to Ride

If you read our recent interview with Jenny Jones, you’ll know that not only is she Britain’s most successful snowboarder, after bagging the UK’s first Olympic Medal on the snow in 2014, but that she also has a healthy passion for surfing.…

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SICK: A Quick Guide to Minimising your own Discomfort on a Surf Trip

Sick… A word I find is used far too often in surf culture. A word I find actually makes my stomach turn whenever I find myself using it out of its correct context. I expect this is born from my own relationship…

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Good Vibrations

Surfing cannot only change everything, it can also change everything about everything. Kind of like the ‘Butterfly Effect’ but without the terrifying ending. You may often find yourself searching for waves in some awesome part of the planet, and because…

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Canarian Carnage ~ Shoot From The Hip

I woke up at around midday in an unusual haze, sunburnt to fuck in the centre of Puerto Rico, on a littered patch of grass where the dodgy foreigners sell tat to tourists, wearing nothing but a pair of over-worn…

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