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Defining Moments In The Life Of John John Florence

[This winter we teamed up with JJF’s long time sock sponsor Stance to offer every new subscriber to Wavelength a free pair of John’s new signature Swell socks. Get yours here.] With the opening leg of the women’s tour cancelled…

By Luke Gartside

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On Reefs: Ben Skinner & The Bagpipe’s Sinkhole

[Welcome to ‘On Reefs’ a new series of stories exploring the hidden quirks and perils of reefs around the world through the personal experiences of those who know them in intimately.] Bagpipe, originally named for its likeness to the Banzai,…

By Luke Gartside

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The Real Stories Behind The Internet’s Most Viral Surf Shots – Part II

A little while back we set out on a quest to uncover some of the stories behind the internet’s most widely shared surf shots. In the process of our digital sleuthery we discovered all sorts of intriguing tales of doctored…

By Luke Gartside

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Ready For The Longest Winter of Your Surfing Life?

A Downshifter’s Guide To Resilient Stoke

By Paul Evans

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The Lonesome Death of Surfer Magazine (1960 – 2020)

You’ve probably heard the one about all the celeb obituaries all being already written; where Guardian feature writers, on slow news days, fully aware the title is spaffing an unrecouped £2mil/week in a ‘changing media landscape’ make use of their…

By Paul Evans

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Confessions of a Surfing on Magic Mushrooms First-Timer

Warning: Magic mushrooms are illegal in Britain, France and most of Europe except Portugal. Whether or not you respect and observe laws of the land is a decision only you can make, based on whether you feel the law has…

By Paul Evans

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Whatever Happened To Reubyn Ash?

A few days ago Stab published an article heralding their picks for the most ‘unjustly appraised pro surfers’ of recent times. ‘Unjustly appraised’? We hear you cry, surely that’s just a needlessly verbose synonym for underrated? Apparently there’s some subtle…

By Luke Gartside

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Ireland Stories: A Mythical Moment At Mullaghmore With Shambles McGoldrick

Our latest print edition, Vol 258, is dedicated to the mythology and folklore that animates surf culture. For a feature set in the Emerald Isle, we tracked down some of the pioneering surfers from the nation’s golden era of heavy…

By Luke Gartside

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“Person, Woman, Man, Camera…” Hossegor, Summer 2020: Late Capitalism’s Last Stand

Person, woman, man… camera. No, not him. A quick headcount – per metre squared of lineup – along the fair shores of Capbreton – Hossegor – Seignosse, August 2020. If the perceived Covid effects were distancing and localising production, there’s…

By Paul Evans

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How The Star Of The Endless Summer Became An International Drug Smuggler

It’s the autumn of 1963 and Mike Hynson is sat in a plane seat, sweating and itchy, with sticky tape bound tightly around his torso. As he cranes his neck to peer down the aisle, it occurs to him that…

By Luke Gartside

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The Double Life Of Adam ‘Bearman’ Griffiths

Here’s a brand new clip by Seth Hughes offering an insight into the double life of Newquay based surfer, father and fisherman Adam Griffiths. I remember an afternoon a few winters ago, several hours into a tireless hunt around the…

By Luke Gartside

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WATCH: ‘Cynevin’ – A Beautiful New Short Featuring Mike Lay At Home In Cornwall

‘Cynevin’ means to demonstrate an intimate relationship with the place of your birth, the environment in which you are naturally acclimatised. And it’s a fitting title for a new short film by Seth Hughes about Cornishman Mike Lay. To hang…

By Luke Gartside

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