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Culture Wars: The Warm Up

[Stretching before surfing? Jaunty little mince up and down the sand? As with so many of surfing’s polarising issues, being decisive is more important than being right. The executioner’s blade glistens in the early morning sunlight; be on this side of…

By Paul Evans

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The Unique Ascent of Indonesian Longboarder Flora Christin

[To kick off our new Movers & Shakers series on women making waves within surfing, we catch up with Indonesia’s longboard queen, Flora Christin] In any normal epoch, head on over to the bustling beach town of Bali’s Canggu, side-stepping…

By Sophie Everard

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Litmus: Ireland Unveiled & The Birth of Ride Everything

How a melancholic 90’s indy surf film championing middle aged outliers revealed Hawaiian style surf in the Emerald Isle, and changed what everyday surfers have ridden ever since. Andrew Kidman and Jon Frank’s 1996 surf film Litmus was nothing if…

By Paul Evans

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On Reefs: Joel Stevenson And The Norwegian Slab

[Welcome to ‘On Reefs’ a 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.] After Joel Stevenson arrived in south-east Norway in 2009, it…

By Luke Gartside

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The Quik Cup, 2002: The Party Animals’ Mass Extinction

[As Wavelength celebrates its 40th birthday in 2021, we revisit at some of the more colourful chapters in European surfing history.] How an era-straddling celebration of cross-over boardsport culture – and a Daily Telegraph kiss n’ tell of it –…

By Paul Evans

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The Stories Of Martin Daly’s Most Exciting Surf Discoveries

In current times, it’s hard to resist feeling a nostalgia for the heady days of global surf travel. So, we’re encouraging you to indulge it enthusiastically with our brand new series of discovery stories from some of the world’s most…

By Luke Gartside

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7 Hard-Charging Young Women Taking The Surfing World By Storm

Across every surfing discipline, from aerial specialists to light-footed loggers a new contingent of young women is emerging to challenge the old guard. Of course, this is always true to some extent, such is the evolutionary arc of professional sport,…

By Luke Gartside

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Locked Down But Not Out: Aritz Goes To Jail in Jo’Burg, 2007

[As Wavelength celebrates its 40th birthday in 2021, we revisit at some of the more colourful chapters in European surfing history.] Aritz Aranburu might be the hardest working man in European surfing over the past decade and a half. An…

By Paul Evans

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2020 Through The Lens Of WL Photographer Luke Gartside

There’s no doubt it feels frivolous to review a year as grave as 2020 through a prism as trivial as surf photography. However, amid the continuing roll call of doom, gloom and zoom that was the last 12 months, people…

By Luke Gartside

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Culture Wars: Florence vs Medina

[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.] Contrary to popular folklore, sitting on cold stones doesn’t…

By Paul Evans

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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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The Best Christmas Gifts For Surfers

If you’re looking to share the gift of stoke, we’ve saved you the guesswork by helping you pick out the best gifts for surfers. From staying warm on those early surf checks to travel friendly coffee options, from…

By Wavelength

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