Surfing Life

What will be the significant cultural shift in surf over the next decade? Well, there will be so many more females in the water, and that influence will be good or bad. Who knows what it will be in the end? But that will be it. And, whenever you have

This may be Kelly Slater’s last year on Tour. He’s committed, fired up, and ready. Are you? Because once he’s gone, there will never be another surfer quite like him. We can’t write an ode to Slater without writing about sport. If you’re watching Kel

Aaron Kelly, finding kegs more likely found on slabbing reefs as opposed to long-running points. Beautifully captured by Nathan Tyack, this swell has been claimed as one of the best Noosa has ever seen. La Niña has given Australian east-coasters mont

“Surf music is actually just the sound of the waves played on a guitar, that wet, splashy sound.”—Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar1 If you think about it, surfing is as sonic as it is physical. The sound of the ocean is the first song the Earth

When Frank Adler was pioneering the use of hollow plywood boards in Australia in the 1930s, he could hardly have imagined his grandson Dru would one day make a career launching skywards on tiny slivers of foam and fibreglass. Frank’s son and Dru’s da

Rolling down the street to Kyuss’ place, you immediately get a sense of what’s about to happen: the vibe, the groove, and the experience. First, there’s a surfboard hanging in the street intricately painted with a “slow down” on it. Then you turn int

Can Saturday and Sunday percolate a culture of its own? And, no, we’re not talking late nights and sleepins. Not when salty air soothes your overworked soul.The ocean’s magnetism can be addictive. It’s the unpredictable multi-sensorial experience of

Looking at the colour blue is said to open up the creative part of your mind, so it’s no wonder surfers are such creative spirits. We stare into the blue sky on the horizon, which cuts deep into the cobalt ocean—not just for minutes but often hours.

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Valued at $895 Each issue, our team hunts through the best submissions by our “A-grade” surf photographers from around the world. With a glut in the digital market, photos get minimal view time. Having a photo published in print these days is a tough

The ocean is the pulse of our planet. Coastal communities from continents all over the world connect to this blue-tinted energy. But beyond the surface, another force brews: culture. Its boundaries are fluid—limitless. Future surfers will add to it.