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Drop-in Sessions Features Women

24th June 2022

Drop In Sessions Episode 4: Lucy Campbell

Drop In Sessions Episode 4: Lucy Campbell

Episode 4 of The Drop In Sessions brought to you by Wavelength Community Radio and Mermaid Gin has dropped! In this series, podcast host Sophie Everard wants to introduce you lovely listeners to different, rad women around the world who are really causing ripples, shockwaves, and impact within surfing.  Our next guest is multi-decorated champion, […]

Drop-in Sessions Features Hawaii Olympics Women

21st June 2022

Swimming has Banned Trans Athletes… Will Surfing do the Same?

Swimming has Banned Trans Athletes… Will Surfing do the Same?

After surfing’s first trans athlete won a longboard title last month in Western Australia, Wavelength talked to Keala Kennelly about what the sport’s approach to the issue will be. “I’m pro trans, I’m pro women, and I’m pro women’s equality, but when it comes to trans athletes surfing in women’s competitive surfing, it’s really hard […]

News

17th June 2022

A Foray in Anahuac with Izzy Henshall

A Foray in Anahuac with Izzy Henshall

Last winter we joined Penwith slider Izzy Henshall on an adventure to seek sheltered corners around the Cornish coastline. Occasionally there’s a pot of gold waiting for you at the end of the rainbow, but often the search is fruitless. So after a long, cold winter of zigging, zagging and chasing rainbows, when Izzy got […]

Drop-in Sessions Features Women

10th June 2022

Drop In Sessions Episode 3: Captain Liz Clark

Drop In Sessions Episode 3: Captain Liz Clark

For those of us who daydream and hanker after authentic surf experiences, salivating over the thought of sailing around the world, Captain Liz Clark’s autobiography is a must for your bookshelf. ‘Swell: A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening’ tells tales of Liz’s adventures on the high seas, refurbishing and living aboard her 40 foot sailboat […]

News

7th June 2022

Vissla Creators & Innovators: Paul Duvignau

Vissla Creators & Innovators: Paul Duvignau

Paul Duvignau is something of a renaissance man. The 25-year-old describes himself as a “shaper, surf coach, carpenter, multitask craftsman, cowboy, chippendale, whatever you want (laughs).” He’s also something of a throwback, a millennial with old school sensibilities. He rides big waves on self shaped guns, as well as horses, 80’s enduro motorbikes, and much […]

Features

1st June 2022

All Smiles at the Inaugural Spring Classic Surf Invitational

All Smiles at the Inaugural Spring Classic Surf Invitational

Mike Lay and Emily Currie take top awards at the UK’s newest and loosest surf competition. “This was easily one of the most fun contests I’ve had the pleasure to be a part of,” sung Emily Currie, after the inaugural Spring Classic Surf Invitational Presented by Reef. “The initiative of this event was awesome – […]

News

1st June 2022

The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez

The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez

This summer, Patagonia releases The Yin & Yang of Gerry Lopez- a film that lifts the veil on one of surfing’s most enigmatic heroes. While “Mr. Pipeline” is known for his calm demeanor in the tube, Gerry built his career with aggressive surfing that left behind a trail of blood and tears. Gerry is as […]

Drop-in Sessions Features Women

27th May 2022

Drop-in Sessions Episode 2: Rhonda Harper

Drop-in Sessions Episode 2: Rhonda Harper

On Episode 2 of The Drop In Sessions presented by Mermaid Gin, we chew the fat with Rhonda Harper, the enigmatic, vivacious, and unstoppable founder of Black Girls Surf, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting black girls and women who have dreams of competing and developing careers as professional surfers. The expression “force of […]

News

26th May 2022

Royal Enfield and Wavelength Present the Beach Hopper

Royal Enfield and Wavelength Present the Beach Hopper

Wavelength HQ are stoked to announce that ahead of the Spring Classic Festival, we’re partnering with Royal Enfield to celebrate their 120 year anniversary along with our own 40th year around the sun by building the ultimate bike for surfers. Royal Enfield makes the most custom-friendly motorcycles in the world, making builds that require a degree in motorcycle engineering […]

News

25th May 2022

Locals Primed For The Spring Classic Surf Invitational

Locals Primed For The Spring Classic Surf Invitational

Small waves, but an epic weekend forecast as locals gear up to celebrate North Devon’s long history of good times in and out of the water. “Last Thursday was epic at Combesgate,” says Pete Starbuck, from Woolacombe Boardriders. “The forecast looked ordinary, but the sun came out and the wind backed off. There was a […]

News

23rd May 2022

Predicting The Mystic Wave Of The Weekend

Predicting The Mystic Wave Of The Weekend

We asked the invitees of the Spring Classic Surf Invitational to imagine the wackiest way to win a Mystic prize pack. “It’s a solid six-foot swell, with a 14-second period, so it’s big,” says 15-year-old Croyde supergrom Malakai Hagley. “The low tide outside banks at Combesgate are holding and I get a little chip in, […]

News

23rd May 2022

Evie Johnstone’s Creative Career Path

Evie Johnstone’s Creative Career Path

Reef’s first female UK ambassador has carved out a unique career as a surfer, photographer, stylist, and all-round lover of life. Just back from a trip to Costa Rica, WL talked to her ahead of her appearance at the Spring Classic Surf Invitational. Evie Johnstone should be jet-lagged, though she is determined to ignore it. […]

Features

18th May 2022

Introducing Volume 262

Introducing Volume 262

[Want to get your hands on a copy? Wavelength gets delivered straight to your door either as a single edition or annual subscription. Our subscription packages include a free gift and along with plenty of other benefits, subscribers get their copies of Wavelength before anyone else.] The joy of surfing is the first thing that […]

News

17th May 2022

Gotcha Springs Back To Life

Gotcha Springs Back To Life

Iconic surf brand Gotcha is back, partnering the Spring Classic Surf Invitational and launching a new collection. “They were mean-spirited but that is what made Gotcha the dream,” said surf journalist Chas Smith. “It was exclusive, and you weren’t invited, and I wasn’t invited, but son of a bitch I wanted to be as I […]

Drop-in Sessions Features Women

13th May 2022

Drop-in Sessions Episode 1: Keala Kennelly

Drop-in Sessions Episode 1: Keala Kennelly

Wavelength’s all new female-focussed podcast sponsored by cocktail connoisseurs Mermaid Gin has landed! Led by Wavelength women’s editor Sophie Everard, the series will celebrate inspirational women of the waves as female surfing reaches its most dynamic and diverse era yet. With Mermaid Gin handcrafted on the Isle of Wight, encompassing a deep-rooted connection to the […]

News

12th May 2022

Skim and Softboard Wizard Blair Conklin Gets Top Billing at Spring Classic Invitational

Skim and Softboard Wizard Blair Conklin Gets Top Billing at Spring Classic Invitational

Skimboard legend Blair Conklin talks to Wavelength ahead of his first visit to the UK for the Spring Classic Surf Invitational presented by Reef. Blain Conklin is from Laguna Beach, California. A three-time United Skim Tour Champion and Berkeley-educated environmental scientist, he’s known for being able to ride any type of board in any type […]

News

5th May 2022

Reef Announced as Title Partner of the Spring Classic Surf Invitational

Reef Announced as Title Partner of the Spring Classic Surf Invitational

Skimboard legend Blair Conklin is set to join the UK’s most creative surfers in a gathering of the tribe in North Devon.  Wavelength is proud to announce that Reef is the title partner of the Spring Classic Surf Invitational, to be held at Combesgate Beach, North Devon. The Surf Invitational Presented by Reef is a […]

NewsSpring Classic

29th April 2022

Malakai Hagley – Gearing up for Grom Domination

Malakai Hagley – Gearing up for Grom Domination

The Spring Classic Surf Invitational will see the finest nose-riders and tail-sliders descend on Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe to go head to head for a two-day surf comp with a difference. With Mystic recently announced as an official partner of the Spring Classic Surf Invitational, we caught up with young gun and team rider Malakai Hagley. […]

Features Women

29th April 2022

Jalaan Slabb: Chasing Rainbows

Jalaan Slabb: Chasing Rainbows

We meet 17 year old Jalaan Slabb, the New South Wales surfer and shaper born-and-bred in Fingal Head, who is making waves in the industry for her far-out designs and unique approach to shaping.  I’m speaking to 17 year old board-shaping prodigy Jalaan Slabb via Zoom from her home in Fingal Head on the East […]

NewsSpring Classic

14th April 2022

Spring Sessions at the Surf Invitational

Spring Sessions at the Surf Invitational

With the Surf Invitational due to take centre stage at the Spring Classic festival in May, we’ve lined up some of the best local sliders and gliders to take on the low tide banks at Combesgate Beach. The competition will be formatted towards rewarding the surfers having the most fun, with a selection of retro […]

NewsSpring Classic

14th April 2022

Plastic Mermaids – Riffs and Reefs

Plastic Mermaids – Riffs and Reefs

They’re surfers, musicians and friends who enjoy playing riffs as much as they do surfing reefs. With the band dropping their new album ‘Its Not Comfortable to Grow‘ soon as well as a brand new single this week, they’re also set to take to the stage at the Spring Classic festival next month to deliver […]

NewsSpring Classic

12th April 2022

Boards, Bikes and a Rolling Home

Boards, Bikes and a Rolling Home

With a growing demand for people buying campervans and rolling down the open road, the dream of hitting the highway is increasingly becoming reality for a handful of tactical travellers. Intertwining daily adventures with remote working, where there’s wifi and waves you’ll now find a whole hoard of digital nomads enjoying an office in nature.  […]

NewsSpring Classic

8th April 2022

Looking Back on the Inspired Surfers Podcast

Looking Back on the Inspired Surfers Podcast

In the spring of 2020, we partnered with our friends at Jimmy’s Iced Coffee to launch a new podcast series called Inspired Surfers.  Presented by Jim himself, the goal was to tell a wide range of stories – from the deeply personal to the globally significant – through a series of conversations with individuals from […]

News

6th April 2022

Surfskate and Destroy

Surfskate and Destroy

Next week Wavelength is teaming up with Campus Skateboarding and Bristol Beer Factory for the very first Bristol Board Shapers Expo, taking place at Campus POOL, 11-12th April. You’ll be able to meet with a collection of shapers to talk anything from concave to fin placement, as well as check out a live wooden board building demo, […]

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