According to a piece It’s Not The Length Podcast co-host Ben Mondy painstakingly researched and wrote for the WSL, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualifiers from the WSL ratings, if the event were to run now, would be as follows. Men: John John Florence (USA), Kolohe Andino (USA), Italo Ferreira (BRA), Kanoa Igarashi (JPN), Jordy Smith (ZA), Filipe Toledo (BRA), Ryan Callinan (AUS), Jeremy Flores (FRA), Julian […]
Where Did The Shaka Originate?
[This article is part of our ‘Life’s Many Mysteries’ series, where we try and answer burning questions that (at least vaguely) relate to surfing. Got a question you’d like the team to have a crack at? Email us at [email protected]] There are few symbols more associated with surfing across the world than the humble shaka. […]
Will Olympic Inclusion Put Pay To Pro Surfing’s Culture of Casual drug use?
Earlier this week the WSL announced it had reached a ‘landmark’ anti-doping agreement with the ISA, to ensure all its athletes are eligible for competing in the Olympics. As with almost all of the WSL’s announcements regarding drug policy, the release contained lots of superlatives, lots of talk of integrity and left lots of unanswered […]
The World Ocean Day Conspiracy: What Nobody’s Talking About
World Ocean Day went down last week (June 6th) and it was a huge, huge hit with some forty thousand posts using the hashtag, hundreds of millions of likes. So many folk were keen on saving the ocean, in so many different ways. Almost every pro surfer you can mention, every photographer, loads of your […]
Introducing Wavelength Volume 256 – Our Brand New Spring // Summer Edition
[This is an introduction to Wavelength Volume 256, landing in shops on the 20th June. Subscribe now to save 20% off the cover price.] Welcome to the character issue; a deep dive into the distinctive qualities of people and place that meld to create this thing we call surf culture. Over the next 140 pages, […]
It’s Not The Length Podcast Episode 5: Send Slater To Coventry
Just like Luniz, INTL podcast has 5 on it, and by that we mean episodes on Soundcloud, iTunes, your phone’s pod app, or wherever you get your audio on demand! That’s right, Wavelength’s award-deserving surf podcast is back featuring the latest news and views from hosts Paul Evans and Ben Mondy. With the Australia (plus Bali) CT leg all […]
WATCH: Hundreds Of Surfers On Foamies Take Over California Beach
Ever wondered what would happen if surfing’s long-developed ledger of rules and etiquette was replaced overnight with the singular commandment to create as much havoc as possible? Wonder no more! Your dystopia lives here. Welcome to the annual Tamarack Takeover!
Should Surfers Travel?
We surfers are way ahead of all the riff raff out there. Streets, light years, etc. So much so, in fact, that any comparisons between us and the ‘legions of the unjazzed’ as one of our foremost prophets, Phil Edwards labelled em in the mid 60’s, seem unfair. Oh go on then… let us indulge in […]
How Not To: Talk To Vegans
Some of your very favourite surfers in the world have either gone vegan or have been having vegan curious feelings, as identified in a groundbreaking piece of journalism I did for the WSL last year (before getting a lucrative* promotion to WL). So it stands to reason that more of y’all are shunning flesh, ovum & cow […]
The Best Summer Surf Boards | 2019
Like so many (every) thing to do with this crazy, beautiful thing called surfing, summertime can be a bit of a contradiction. It’s when surfing happens, but it’s not when the surf does. It’s when comps are on, people even show up to watch em… but maybe not the ripples. Wetsuits are thin or even […]
Changed Your Drinking Straw… Guess What? You Still Suck
Do you remember Britain in the early 90’s? You had to wear a suit to get into nightclubs, or at least in the suburbs you did. Bouncers would duly go around the premises instructing the baggy polyester clad reveller to, “Tuck your shirt in mate.” That would’ve been harder to swallow if I hadn’t already […]
In Conversation With Andy Nieblas
[This conversation was recorded at the 2019 Vans Duct Tape Invitational as part of our series exploring contemporary longboarding’s most interesting characters. See more from the event here.] Widely renowned for his supremely creative and spontaneous approach to surfing, Andy Nieblas has become a household name in the world of traditional logging. Last year he […]
In Conversation With Victoria Vergara
[This conversation was recorded at the 2019 Vans Duct Tape Invitational as part of our series exploring contemporary longboarding’s most interesting characters. See more from the event here.] After growing up between the tropical isles of Reunion and New Caledonia, Victoria got whipped into the world of a model/ surfer aged 14 and she’s been […]
In Conversation With Ivy Thomas
[This conversation was recorded at the 2019 Vans Duct Tape Invitational as part of our series exploring contemporary longboarding’s most interesting characters. See more from the event here.] Nineteen-year-old Ivy Thomas first caught our eye a few years back with her free-flowing style and technical ability, honed on the long reeling rights of the Superbank. […]
A Euro Summer Survival Guide
Summer is the best of us, but at times it is also the worst of us. Summer is when we greet old friends, and make new ones. Water time spikes, our tans become optimal. The wearing of bermudas is something that happens on the reg by land, and if you’re lucky, also by sea. But there […]
In Conversation With Duct Tape Invitational Winner Kaneila Stewart
[This conversation was recorded at the 2019 Vans Duct Tape Invitational as part of our series exploring contemporary longboarding’s most interesting characters. See more from the event here.] Seventeen year-old Hawaiian Kaneila Stewart, known as Kani for short, has had a barnstorming start to 2019 by any measure. First, he snapped up an invite to […]
WATCH: Highlights From The 2019 Vans Duct Tape Invitational In Ericeira
Last weekend saw 16 of the world’s best male and female loggers convene on the sunny shores of Portugal for the 18th Joel Tudor Vans Duct Tape Invitational. Among a jam-packed Euro comp circuit of low ranked QS’ and drawn out CT’s, the three-day extravaganza that is the DT is a breath of fresh air. […]
Want To Own A Wave Pool? Bournemouth’s £35 Million Lagoon Project Is ‘Seeking Investors’
Plans have been revealed for a £35million development called The Lagoon for the south coast town of Bournemouth, including a wave pool capable of generating 2400 waves/hour. The 15 acre site is set to include a 145 bedroom hotel and glamping site, all part an of “energy neutral… environmentally friendly solution”. Building work is set to […]
Listen: Indos & Indon’ts – Advice For Mentawai Boat Trippers
It was just another of many cruel tricks that Jah played when designing the universe, to make Indo come into dry season just as home was thawing out after the long dark brutal brrrrrr. His mischief presented the barrel thirsty wave rider with the following conundrum: forgo out precious few warm months (weeks?) at home […]
How Not To Surf The South West
When spring has properly sprung, the ocean curious Briton’s conscience turns instinctively down and left, towards the granite index finger fringed in foaming surf known as the South West Peninsula. Sure, there are great waves elsewhere on our island, like the brave NE, or perhaps the charismatic Wales. Scotland has some of the very finest reef breaks in Europe […]
Why Do Aussies Call Brits Poms?
[This article is part of our ‘Life’s Many Mysteries’ series, where we try and answer burning questions that (at least vaguely) relate to surfing. Got a question you’d like the team to have a crack at? Email us at [email protected]] Any brit who’s travelled in the Antipodes will likely recognise the following refrain, drawled at […]
