A surfer from Noosa's sun drenched shores obsessed with the dark world of gothic horror, Jai Lee's personal struggles and addiction to noseriding have twisted his creativity. Words: Chris Preston Photos: Thomas Robinson (pp 1&3), Andy Staley (pp4)and Dane Peterson

This isn't a shameless plug. This is an encounter with a British company doing something special with surfboards. While the industry is focused on the multi-buck movers and shakers parading their eco-wares, let's not forget our homegrown talent. Words: Howard Swanwick Photos: John Morgan and Jamie Bott

When the ‘Apocalypse Now’ film crew packed up and left the Philippine coastal town of Baler, they left one important item behind – a surfboard. More than 30 years on and this quiet backwater is home to a stoked crew of welcoming locals. Words: Mark Sankey Photos: Alexa Poppe

Photographer Ben Thouard joins the Oxbow team aboard the Windward as they trawl pristine Pacific atolls in search of adventure, virgin waves and new opportunities.

Chris Preston chats to Neil Randall of if6was9 about his radical take on traditional board design, Noosa's retro vibe, and his love of vintage style. Photos Dane Peterson

Big-wave riding is an awe-inspiring experience, but what happens when things go wrong? In an exclusive extract from his new book, Al Mennie explains what it's like to survive the mother of all wipeouts.


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Three Lines

January 29, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

This documentary is about enjoying the ocean in Morocco. The crew spent a month capturing their journey through locals eyes, in this diverse land of Arabic culture.

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McNamara returns to Nazaré

January 29, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

Garrett McNamara, who made history in Nazaré during ZON’s North Canyon expedition in 2011, winning the Billabong XXL Biggest Wave award and earning a Guinness World Record, returned to Nazaré straight from Hawaii to surf a swell forecast to produce wave heights and conditions that had yet to be experienced in Praia do Norte.

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Fuerza Chile! United for clean water

January 25, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

Join the next phase of the Fuerza Chile! Campaign with Save The Waves Coalition to help them fight for clean water along the amazing central coast of Chile.

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Innersection top twelve

January 25, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

It’s now come down to 12 video parts to see who will be featured in Taylor Steele’s 2013 surf epic Seven Signs. See the amazing highlights from each of the clips in this month’s episode of Behind The Section.

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Tokyo Daily Rider

January 21, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

Tokyo Surfboards have been working closely with current English longboard champion Ben Haworth on a number of exciting new surfboard models. Have a gander at this demo on a grey old Devon day.

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UK campaign to highlight West Papua plight

January 17, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

A reason to think twice before you pack your bags for Indo next time. The little known conflict of West Papua highlights how your money could end up assisting wrong doing.

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Deep Water

January 02, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

This episode follows Kohl Christensen, Dan Ross, Aaron Gold, and Ben Wilkinson as they surf Peahi on Oct 12, 2012.

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Living In Sea-Land

January 02, 2013 | Words By: Staff Writer

Living In Sea-Land is a short film series documenting the Scandinavian surf scene and telling the stories of local enthusiasts and North Sea fanatics living in a ‘non - surf’ destination.

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Thomas Campbell | Slide your brains out

December 20, 2012 | Words By: Staff Writer

Here’s the video Recap of the TC’s exclusive exhibition in Biarritz, France.

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Ty Williams ‘I’m Still Gone’ @ The Art Park

December 14, 2012 | Words By: Staff Writer

Talented Ty Williams flew in from California and set up a tent in the Park. Armed only with some paper and a few brushes Ty volunteered to exhibit and claimed the XMAS show spot.

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