He’s been galavanting around the planet, strutting his stuff and impressing the pants off everyone in Central America. But the cheeky little scampster will be hoggin’ your wave down at Saunton for the foreseeable, as he’s back home enjoying a run of good swell.
Once Surfer’s for Cetaceans’ TransparentSea campaign came to an end I was free to explore. The Californian winter was closing in so I bought a one way ticket to Costa Rica and took the next flight to warm water and sunshine.
Surf Action Cornish military charity is very proud to announce a collaboration of Cornish firms that will have wider benefits in today’s tough economic climate. Slide 65 Surfboards kindly agreed to donate the time and skills to create two unique longboards and Seabase then generously offered the materials and finishing skills of their team based in Newquay.
By and large I do love internet swell forecasts. For the modern surfer we have an oceanography service that allows us to quite literally plan our professional lives around the next swell. Ever wondered why the late completion of your seaside home renovation coincided with a bulging swell season? Perhaps not, but read on.
The Government’s Red Tape Challenge consultation is proposing a retreat from coastal and marine protection which could abolish much of the legislation currently in place to protect our already threatened and damaged coastline – our waves, oceans and beaches.
Kate and Luke Gerson, of Photogerson, just snuck up to Pitstop Hill, Mentawai. There was plenty of boozing, some fishing and the odd bit of surfing.
Big wave surfer Jeff Rowley paddles into Mavericks left in California and becomes the first Australian to conquer this challenge.
Last week I depicted, to be honest it was more of an elaborate description, the movement of an infantile South West swell as it wrapped around the sand of one of my favorite Kerala points, ‘Ed’s wave’.
The life of Jai
Jai Lee's personal struggles and addiction to noseriding have twisted his creativity
El Mar, Mi Alma
A visual love song to the surf blessed land of Chile.
Be Breizh!
Mark Sankey and Alexa Poppe explore the underrated delights that Brittany has to offer.
Taiwan untouched
Neil Armstrong gives us a taste of what to expect.
Pismo Beach. For better or worse
Dan Hamlin and Jeff Pfost contribute a photo essay on Kelly Slater's worst wave.
Tyler Warren Experiments
Tyler Warren pilots a steady course through the hype.
Castles made of sand
Sam Widdows swaps London for Nicaragua, and finds an entirely different tube ride.
Dont Jump Off the Pier
A brief history of surfing in the north-east of England.
Forty Bonzer Years
Malcolm Campbell lists fourty notable things to represent the forty years of the Bonzer.
Mission: possible
Portugal explodes onto the global big wave circuit.
Thirty thousand
Richard James shoots a surf trip of 30,000 kilometres along the west cost of Africa.
All in Hand
When it comes to surfcraft there’s a newcomer making waves
