This year, the Quik Pro ain’t waiting around, as competition got underway this morning on day one of the waiting period. Despite having the main comp set up at La Grav (which has been firing almost non-stop for the last week or so) the contest directors opted for the more consistent but far less spectacular […]
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Review: Billabong’s 3/2 Furnace Comp with Graphene
Billabong’s new Graphene range feature a lining made with the 2010 Nobel-prize winning material, an allotrope of carbon, just one atom thick. But what does Geim & Novoselov’s feted discovery, made in the lab at Manchester Uni have to do with great surfing? Let’s find out. I always had something of an uneasy relationship with chemistry. Maybe […]
British Surf Community Steps Up; Instantly Donates Over 100 Boards To Great Cause
Some days, you’d be forgiven for thinking that social media is nothing but a scourge, and surfers are a wholly selfish bunch. However, over the last few weeks, a campaign started by Cornwall based surfer, shaper and industry bod Brad Rochfort has proved both of those assumptions are entirely false. A few months ago Brad […]
The Story Of How An Obscure Finnish Architect Paved The Way For The Birth Of Aerial Surfing
Behind each of surfing’s revolutions lies an interconnected web of events, innovations and protagonists. Among these are deliberate moves, like the invention of the thruster, the adaptation of the jetski for towing and the refinement of the Waco air section, but there are also the obscure and accidental, that take place hundreds of miles from […]
An Idiot’s Guide To: The Euro Leg
The World Surf League’s European leg is nigh upon us; surely the most wonderful time of the year. Sure, Christmas is decent for pub time, and summer sure has its moments – be they festival or merely estival – but neither really match up in terms of exotic shred. Who doesn’t remember exactly where they […]
Sunny Garcia ‘Speaking A Few Words, Gaining Motor Functions’
Almost a year ago to the day, Sunny Garcia came into the commentary booth at the Azores World Masters here in Santa Barbara, a beauty spot on the north coast of San Miguel island in the mid-Atlantic archipelago. Sunny came in the booth to call a heat having lost relatively early in the event, an event in […]
Heathrow Pause vs. Your Surf Trip
“Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face” – Mike Tyson “Everyone is an environmentalist, until Heathrow Pause causes them to miss their Indo boat trip” – Me Were you dismayed to see Instagram environmentalist and Patagonia ambassador Liz Clark collabing (I think that’s what they call it these days) with […]
Competitive Longboarding: The Last Safe Space For Surf Hate?
There aren’t many surfing minority groups left to hate on, in comfort. The once fierce schism that pitted prone riders versus the upright feels thoroughly outdated. Today, even the most puritanical of bipod waveriders can’t fail to be impressed by the slab skills of the bodyboard elite. Boogers like Andre Botha pull unconscious surfers like Evan […]
How Did Brazil Become The World’s Best Surfing Nation?
In 2019- just a mere half-century after a Brazilian first stepped foot on a modern surfboard- it’s almost impossible to argue that they are not the world’s best surfing nation. Over the last 5 years Brazilian’s have notched up four world titles, a big wave world record and more men’s championship tour wins than any other […]
The Extraordinary History Of Surfing On Rapa Nui; The Most Remote Inhabited Island On Earth
Rapa Nui is the world’s most remote inhabited island, sitting almost a thousand miles away from the nearest livable landmass, way out in the South Pacific. It’s home to the world-famous Moai stone statues, carved out of volcanic rock over 500 years ago by the ancient Polynesians and set proudly on platforms around the island’s […]
An Idiot’s Guide To: Surfing In Boardshorts
Surfing, a sport with a fine pedigree in platitude and cliché, reserves some of its very finest for the boardshort surfing experience. That not just surfing, but in fact life itself is better in them. That the highest accolade for wetsuit technology is that it feels just like surfing in them. That surfing isn’t really […]
The Faroe Islands Has Just Two Local Surfers; We Travelled There To Find Out Why
[This article originally appeared in Volume 255. Subscibe to Wavelength now to never miss an issue.] When the future King of Denmark makes his annual visit to the Faroe Islands at the end of August, he will be treated, upon his request, to a surfing display put on for him by David and Katrin, the […]
Confessions of a Teahupoo First Timer
You get a job as an editor of a surf mag, and it’s mostly good news. Good news for the Student Loans Company after all those years, ok news in credit card and overdraft land, epic news for your quiver of boards and wetsuits and general surf gear freebies. Your close friends though, will suffer. […]
How To Bodysurf
Mid-century minimalism might be the interior decor of choice of the Audi-driving moneyed male bachelor sociopath with detestable spiritual qualities. But minimalism as a mantra, as an overall approach to tasks leisure or otherwise, is almost always admirable. Hence one of the great hooks of surfing, compared with say, its now near extinct former rival, […]
Wavelength X Cohesion Location Revealed
It’s almost time…. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to ensure this is a night to remember and we’re so excited to welcome you all. There are a very limited number of tickets remaining. Grab yours here. View this post on Instagram We’re excited to announce the venue for tonight’s Wavelengths X […]
How Not To: Camping & Surfing
At its best, surf camping is the ultimate physical manifestation of the simple beauty we all crave. When day-to-day life is deliciously stripped back to the core essentials; food, shelter & quiver… clothing very much optional. Legendary surf explorers Kevin Naughton & Craig Peterson’s iconic 1980 Central America pointbreak tent flap Surfer cover not only […]
A Surfer’s Guide To: Hallucinogenics
Drugs and surfing have long been perceived as intertwined, partly due to mainstream society’s lazy stereotypes, partly very much justified. For a number of reasons, getting high and shredding the curl have had symbiotic relationships for several generations of waveriders going back over half a century. Why do mind altering-substances and surfing, for a sector […]
Is (Surfing) Nationalism Lame?
Do you support shredders who bear the same passports as your own by default? Or does the GB Surf Team, or equivalent, leave you… not that arsed? You see, I always had trouble getting overly patriotic when it came to wave riders. I don’t not like surfers because they’re Brits of course – some of […]
Emergency On Planet Shred: Summer Sizzles
As summer sizzles, and so too does the planet, what’s been happening in enviro-surf news? Bit of everything really. Temperatures in the appropriately named town of Alert, Nunavet, Canada (the northernmost inhabited place on Earth at 900km from the North Pole) reached 21 C in mid July (seasonal average 5 deg C), around the exact […]
5 Reasons Not To Go Surfing
There are very many reasons for jumping in the primeval soup on a surfboard crouton. Convention tells us that we don’t even need a reason, it’s just what we do. Given the choice between surf and not surf, well there is no choice. Being utterly predictable is what in part helps makes us such perfect […]
A Gambler’s Guide To Surfing
Since the Ancient Greeks first slapped down a wager on who could throw their big heavy disk the furthest, betting on virtually every sport known to man has become prolific. Surfing, however, presents a rare exception. For starters, there are very few websites in Europe that will allow you to do it. But more pertinently, […]
An Introduction To The Fletcher Dynasty
If there’s one thing surf culture has properly nailed, it’s the multi-gen dynasty. From The Hos; legendary stalwarts of the North Shore, to multi-craft Aussie style masters the Youngs, there are loads of surfing families that offer ample proof, when it comes to talent and influence, the apple rarely falls far from the tree. In […]
“Heavy Water Is The Greatest Film About Surfing Ever Made” Says Longtom
You’re almost certainly aware of the work of esteemed surf writer Steve Shearer- aka Longtom- undoubtedly one of the best ever to put pen to paper on the subject of wave riding and all that orbits it. If you don’t already read his daily CT comp roundups over on Beachgrit, you’re missing out. But you’re not […]
The Best European Surf Roadies
Few sports as are intertwined with motor vehicle journeys as surfing. For most of us, true liberty comes pretty much when the driving licence is obtained, from which point, the surf possibilities are endless. Whether you enjoy the road trip as for its own sake (some people just like driving), perhaps embracing the golden age of motoring (boiled […]
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 That 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 the question; is Sri Lanka safe to visit? “The country is in a safe position […]
The Best Boardshorts | 2019
The wearing of boardshorts used to be a great way to distinguish the wave rider from the general population at twenty paces. To discern the irie shred cat from the unjazzed, to separate the enlightened ali’i from the landlocked. He or she who had dedicated their life to the global stoke of surfriding, and those whom […]
Surfers Turned Criminal Masterminds: Rick Rasmussen
Historically, there’s always been something about surfing that draws ne’er-do-wells and degenerates into its ranks. It could be the pastimes countercultural roots or the freewheeling hedonism the lifestyle encourages. Or perhaps it’s the simple fact an obsession with chasing waves around the world ain’t exactly conducive with traditional modes of employ. Whatever the reason, everywhere […]
Plastering Your Shred-Mobile In Sweet-Ass Surf Stickers Could Make Your Insurance Void!
Picture the scene: It’s Friday evening. You’re zipping down the M5 listening to your favourite surf trip psych-up playlist. According to the forecast, a magical weekend of waves awaits you in the west country. Just in case the loosely thrown shaka bobbing up and down out the open window and the even more loosely strapped […]
April: Where Not To Surf in Europe
You might be familiar with the popular surf website doozy known as the Seasonal Travel Guide. ‘Hey! Why not check out Chopes or Cloudbreak this spring… southern hemi swells are starting to…’ As. Fucken. If. Either you’re already going there, know who you’re staying with, what boat you’re using, ordered your pintails etc, etc, or […]
Weed & Surfing: Before, After, Both or Never?
“Don’t smoke and surf!” a bro said the other morning, laughing, as he resurfaced after a wipeout. We were surfing 2ft clean bumps at Les Bourdaines in Seignosse, nothing special, sunny, glassy (read: just about to go onshore). He’s a pretty accomplished logger, but fell off the tail on a routine walk up the board. “I […]
Is Localism A Hate Crime?
You know the story: you’re at a break somewhere you don’t live or regularly surf. Someone walks/paddles up, almost certainly a male, probably middle-aged but not necessarily, and asks, ‘Where (the fuck) are you from?’ Given the abrupt, aggressive nature of the question, given that the vibe isn’t friendly curiosity as in, ‘oh yeah, my […]
How To Buy A Used Surfboard
Surfboards, a bit like cars, lose value as soon as they leave the showroom. What that means is that when you buy a second hand surfboard you can pick up a real bargain, just by it having been waxed up and having a couple of footmarks in the deck. However, being essentially fragile in form […]
The Story Of One Man’s Attempt To Build His Own DIY Artificial Surf Reef
Last weekend, we re-posted a story from last year which asked if, in light of a promising new artificial reef design, it might be time to re-launch the campaign to get one installed in Newquay bay. Far from garnering overwhelming public support, the article drew much more upset than we’d anticipated. As it turns out, […]
How To: Order A Custom Surfboard
Knowing how to order a custom surfboard is key to getting the surfboard you want. Some surfers order their first custom surfboard aged 8, some at 28, but no matter what age, the experience is profound. Just like getting barrelled, ordering a custom surfboard is one of the unique charms of surfing, something that most […]
Ozzie Wright Is Coming To London For An Art Show & A Party
Volcom invites you to an immersion into the colourful world of pro surfer and artist, Ozzie Wright on Thursday the 14th of March London. Ozzie unrestrained creative output has been a driving force in surf culture for almost 25 years. From his surfing to his songwriting to his art, Ozzie brings a DIY approach, Aussie […]
Listen: The 10 Best Surf Video Soundtrack Tunes In The World, Ever
Surfing and music have endured an at times beautiful, at times strained relationship since the beginning of shred. Ever since The Duke first picked up a ukelele and plucked away. And ever since Jürgen tucked half a dozen blond dreads behind his ear and did ‘Redemption Song’ on one of the surf camp bean bags. […]
Emergency On Planet Shred
Surfing and environmentalism seem like natural bedfellows, and always have. Being immersed in the beauty of the marine environment when going for a surf is what makes up the majority of the experience – much more so than the actual act of riding waves – for many people. But if there’s been a worrying trend across society, mirrored […]
Tenerife Is The Ideal Winter Destination For The Unpretentious European Surfer
It’s February again. The days are short, the wind is always howling and far too many of your duck dives end up in an icy flush. Sure there have been some epic days at home, and you’ll tell anyone who’ll listen how you actually prefer the winter, but really you want to shed the rubber […]
Novelty Waves: Very Rare European City Surf
Novelty waves are all the rage, so much so that they might even be the new wavepools. And whether than means spots that are super hush hush, mega rare or not that good, or well known, mega rare and not that good, they continue to fascinate the surf fan because… well we don’t know why exactly. […]
Friend Launched Fundraiser For Man Being Divorced By Wife ‘For Surfing’ And Opinions Are Divided
Last week, a crowdfunding campaign surfaced purportedly raising funds for a man who was being divorced by his wife for being a surfer. What began as a well-intentioned attempt by a bloke looking to help out his mate has turned into a strange dystopian-digital-age-debacle, where the entire internet has been invited to weigh in on […]
How To: Make The World Tour Better
Despite previous pronouncements to the contrary, most notably the plan to crown the World Champs on a boat in Indo in September, the 2019 CT will look a lot like the Dream Tour schedule of a decade and a half ago, starting at Snapper ending at Pipeline. In the middle, there’s no longer Fiji or […]
The 10 Best Surf Documentaries Of All Time
Last week Paul Evans ran you through ten European waves to surf before you die, and now we’re back with another list of things to fill your days with. Luckily for the more lethargic among you, this week’s edition doesn’t require travel far and wide, food poisoning, angry spongers or the necessity to piss on […]
Surfing in 2019: Bold Predictions For The Year Ahead
A brave new year in surfing is upon us. What exactly it brings in terms of surfing opportunity to you is still uncertain. Atmospheric vorticity, tidal ebb and flow, local sea states and perhaps above all, your own day to day lifestyle choices, along with a multitude of other variables will all come into play, […]
10 European Waves To Surf Before You Die
From the high latitude Scandinavian outposts preferred by bearded rubber fetishists. To Macaronesian Atlantic isle beauties and much on the Continental mainland between, Europe has an embarrassment of riches in terms of the variety and quality of its surf. Sure, some zones can be pretty crowded. And yeah, your chances of snaffling a legit set […]
Are This Year’s Second-Time CT Qualifiers Doomed To Fail?
Twenty-eighteen is done and dusted. We’ve got a new world champ, a smattering of retirees, some unfortunate tour dropouts and a new crop of rookies warming up for the start of the 2019 season. Alongside the perennially present fresh-faced Brazilians, this year’s list of qualifiers possesses a unique attribute. For the first time in WSL […]
10 Moments That Defined Surfing In 2018
Ain’t it exciting to be part of a sport that’s always advancing? Imagine if we all had to spend our time consumed by golf, where the rolling grassy knolls and little-manicured sand pits are exactly the damn same on every day of the year and the nature of the swing has barely shifted since the […]
Why You Need An Asymmetrical Surfboard In Your Quiver
It’s been said that the universe was born from spontaneous symmetry breaking. “Only some living things have the pleasure of a sex, whereas everything in the world, whether animate or inanimate, is provided with a direction,” writes the French philosopher Michel Serres. “Things lean to one side: force fields, boreal auroras, twisting turbulences, cyclones, spots […]
The Definitive Guide To Raglan, New Zealand- One Of The Southern Hemisphere’s Best Surf Towns
“The rides so long it’s ridiculous” explains Bruce Brown, as Robert August trims along a sumptuous looking wall in Chapter 17 of The Endless Summer. “You go out surfing for the day at Raglan and you get two rides,” he continues “one after breakfast and one after lunch. If you try for three you starve […]
BREAKING: Plans For London Wave Pool Unveiled!
It’s very early stages, but it looks like North London might be set to get its very own inland surf destination! The plans were unveiled today by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, working in collaboration with inland surf specialists The Wave, the company behind the Bristol wave pool. The team have earmarked a site in […]
Why Are So Many Pro Surfers Going Back To The Land?
In the late 60’s and 70’s surfers fleeing Vietnam conscription and the talons of rampant consumerism arrived in Byron Bay, rented farms on the cheap and began growing their own food. Back then the Rainbow Region was more well known for its dairy, logging and whaling industries than the environmentally conscious, spiritually awoken virtues it […]
Surf Tips: Aritz Aranburu Dissects The Enigmatic Art Of The Backside Tube-Ride
Getting barrelled is hard, whichever way you’re going. But if on my forehand I am like a deer in the headlights, on my backhand I am like a deer wearing rollerskates and still recovering from a gunshot wound to the hind quarters. This deer may also have just taken a Quaalude. Generally it involves going […]
Ericeira To Peniche- The Perfect Winter Road Trip
As the mercury drops and the nights draw in here in Blighty, sensible surfers everywhere are starting to cook up plans for winter escape missions. While most tend naturally towards the classic choices of The Canaries, The Algarve or Morcocco- and these are certainly classic choices for a reason- the possibilities along Europe’s long, diverse […]
Ross Williams On How A Kid Living In A Rusty Van Defined An Era Of Pro-Surfing
In a recent conversation with surf journalist Jake Howard, published on Stab Mag, surfing luminary Ross Williams reflected on how a kid in a rusty van, parked down an unassuming street on Hawaii’s North Shore came to define surfing in the 90’s and re-shape the sport as we know it in the decades since. To […]
Introducing Wavelength Volume 255 – Our Brand New Autumn // Winter Edition
[This is an introduction to Wavelength Volume 255, buy your copy here, or subscribe now to never miss an issue] Pioneers have always been a celebrated part of surfing’s history; great explorers, inventors and trendsetters whose feats have changed the lives of wave riders around the world. For decades, the pages of surf publications have […]
In Conversation With Taylor Steele
Taylor Steele is unquestionably one of the most influential filmmakers in surfing history. His movies have evolved from the 90’s masterpieces of high octane, punk sound-tracked action fests that introduced the world to Kelly Slater, Machado, Dorian et al – through to the exquisitely conceived, sumptuously filmed and emotively scored surfing travelogues he has become […]
Inside The World Of Maya Gabeira; The Hardest Charging Woman On Earth
When Brazilian big wave surfer Rodrigo Koxa broke the record for the largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré back in November last year, his triumph was covered by media outlets the world over. At a staggering 80 foot, the beast he rode is certainly something to shout about – especially after an almost fatal wipeout […]
Britain’s Surfing Olympic Hopefuls Announced
Over the weekend the names of the British surfers heading to the 2019 ISA World Games to compete for Olympic qualification were announced. In the mens, the team features Bude’s Reubyn Ash, who’s widely considered as Britain’s premiere all round surfing talent, Newquay’s Luke Dillon, undoubtedly our finest contemporary competitive surfer and Kiwi Jay Quinn, […]
Life In A Private Island Paradise; This Is Surfing For The One Percent
“Show me your glass my friend” says Pavel, a mysterious Russian, as he fills my outstretched tumbler to the brim with thirty-year-old single malt whiskey. I stand in slack-jawed disbelief, soft reggae lapping at my eardrums, as he then proceeds to empty the remainder of the bottle straight onto the bonfire. As the flames and […]
Five Inspiring Revelations From Ocean Plastic Solutions Day Presented By SAS & Finisterre
On Monday a collection of activists, academics, businesspeople and royalty convened at the Wheal Kitty workshops in St Agnes to discuss the largest issue blighting our ocean environment and share some of the most innovative and exciting solutions currently being proposed. We listened attentively as a procession of inspiring speakers took to the stage, with […]
Is Hurricane Chris Coming To Britain To Save Us From Our Small Wave Woes?
Britain has seen nothing better than choppy knee to chest high waves for almost a month, but now, with a named hurricane making it’s way across the Atlantic, is our luck set to change? ‘Chris’ started out as a tropical storm late Tuesday evening, just over 200 miles south east of South Carolina, before being […]
In Conversation With Kai Lenny; The World’s Most High Calibre Waterman
Last weekend Kai Lenny was in London for a stand up paddle session on the Thames, presented by longtime sponsor TAG Heuer. Born in Maui to ocean loving parents, Lenny was surfing by the age of four and flying around behind a kite by the age of nine. Before long, local multidisciplinary legends Laird Hamilton […]
A Review: Cocaine And Surfing By Chas Smith
One hot summer’s afternoon I sat reading Chas Smith’s new book ‘Cocaine and Surfing’ on a Cornish cliff top, gazing down on a well known stretch of smugglers coves, marvelling at the pertinence of my reading perch, as I reached a chapter about smuggling. Then, the night before I sat down to write this review, […]
Joel Parkinson Announces His Retirement
After almost 20 years on tour, Parko has announced that he will be retiring at the end of the year. He made the announcement earlier today via social media, while waiting for competition to get underway at J-Bay, where he took his first ever rookie tour win. At the same time his long time sponsor […]
A Brief History Of Malibu Through The Eyes Of An Enduring Hotel
‘No surf break, then or now, has ever presented itself so well,’ enthuses Matt Warshaw in The History of Surfing. ‘At Malibu, the waves were focused and defined, and all but married to the beach, each one rolling in as if it had travelled halfway across the Pacific for the express purpose of gliding into […]
Gender Prize Money Gap At Billabong Ballito Pro Junior Sparks Controversy
Controversy has ignited over a Billabong Balito Pro Junior podium shot, which shows female winner Zoe Steyn collecting half the prize money of her male counterpart. The image has drawn much criticism on social media, with the story subsequently being picked up by various mainstream media outlets. The social media shit storm comes almost entirely […]
Killer Whale Spotted In The Plymouth Sound!
Recently captured footage appears to show an Orca swimming around in the Plymouth Sound. The footage was captured by kayakers in the Sound and experts from the nearby National Marine Aquarium have confirmed that while they can’t be 100% sure, the footage certainly appears to depict a Killer Whale, in what could be the first sighting […]
Quick fire Questions With Surfer, Model and Desert Dweller Imogen Caldwell
You’ve almost certainly heard of Imogen Caldwell by now, the young Aussie charger turned surfer slash model, raised in a desert town of just 13, right next to one of the heaviest left hand slabs in WA. At 18 she was plucked from the site of her humble beginnings and thrust into the world of […]
How Dangerous Is Surfing?
Every year, when the World Surf League releases its entries for the wipeout of the year awards, the same words pass across thousands of lips: ‘How on earth didn’t they die?!’ While there have been several high profile deaths over the past few decades, surfing, even in giant waves, is actually nowhere near as deadly […]
Surfing Through An Uprising In Nicaragua
For the last 40 years Nicaragua has been famous for rum, rodeos and good surf, just a low-key spot for those who want to avoid the crowds of Mexico and the expensive bills of Costa Rica. But in the last few months the country has descended into a state of turmoil, with great swathes of […]
Five Ocean Conservation Success Stories
Today is World Ocean day- an important opportunity to highlight the numerous plights faced by our oceans and celebrate the passion and success of those trying to save them. Accordingly, we’ve dug up five inspiring ocean conservation success stories to remind you that, while it may all seem to be doom and gloom, with the […]
Catching up with Andrew Cotton; Wisdom Gleaned From An Ongoing Recovery
Seven months ago Andrew Cotton towed into a giant wedge at Nazaré. He faded deep, bottom turning on his backhand and setting his line going left. Then the lip fell, it’s full weight landing directly on Cotty and catapulting him high into the air with the whitewash. After a few milliseconds airborne, he slammed back […]
In Conversation With Ryan Burch; The Importance Of Gatherings, Cyclical Design & The Roots Of Style
On Saturday afternoon we caught up with Ryan Burch, as he stood beer in hand, chatting with the local groms and watching the skating in the bowl. We asked Burch, who Joel Tudor would later call ‘the most well rounded surfer on earth’, about the unique appeal of a gatherings like this for board builders, […]
In Conversation With Dane Reynolds; Fatherhood, Shifting Identities & Hindsight
As the Sunset Sons made their way onto the main stage on the Saturday, we grabbed a sit down with Dane Reynolds to talk about fatherhood, his reflections on his time on tour and his ever shifting sense of identity. What are you up to here in the Basque country? A few years back Vans […]
New Big Wave Film ‘Vague A L’ame’ Starring Shane Dorian & Sancho To Premiere In London This Weekend
This weekend will see the London premiere of ‘Vague A L’ame’ a new film from the Billabong Adventure Division, which takes you behind the scenes of the quest to ride the biggest, heaviest waves on the planet. On the 11th of December 2014, Benjamin “Sancho” Sanchis was towed into one of the biggest waves ever […]
Introducing FORM; A Brand New Range Of Alternative Shapes Designed By Alan Stokes
For the last year, British surfing veteran Alan Stokes has been working on an entirely new range of boards, each geared towards drawing their own unique lines, with an emphasis on speed and glide. Throughout his 20 year career Stokesy has always experimented with different boards, but the last half decade has seen him dive […]
Margaret River Pro To Finish At Ulus!
The dust has only just settled on Margies sharkgate, which saw surf fans and pundits pitted against each other with gritted teeth, half arguing the WSL made the right call to cancel, and the other decrying the pampered nature of those on the tour. However, a silver lining it seems, has suddenly emerged! Today the […]