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

"I'm not interested in formulae when it comes to surfing and art." Ryan Lovelace talks to Chris Preston about trusting your eyes, hands, and feet, and adding another leaf to the weird-hull-alternative-vibe-tree. Photos: Morgan Maasen, Brandon DiPierri & Ryan Lovelace

Dreamt up over 20 years ago by Renaud and Thomas Cardinal, two French brothers with a passion for board making, UWL has grown to become one of the biggest factories in Europe, while building a reputation based on performance and quality. Rui Ribeiro talks with Renaud about the past, present and future of UWL...

Cyrus Sutton made an impression on the international film circuit with his 2003 breakthrough movie 'Riding Waves'. Now the EMMY award-winning documentary maker has turned his attention to the divergent surf scenes of Australia's Gold Coast and Byron Bay. Words: Tommy Leitch Photos: Courtesy of Cyrus Sutton

Ireland's fierce and unpredictable breaks have been valued by its home-grown big wave riders for some years now, but competition has been a long time coming. All that changed with the inaugral Mullaghmore Tow Session 2011. Conn Osborne got in harm's way to steal a photo essay.

Mark Sankey discusses the merits and faults of EPS with two of Britain's finest craftsmen, Mark Dickinson and Rob Lion, both of whom have been shaping the stuff with style for a good few years now... [photos by Ollie Banks]


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Museum to open in Devon

March 05, 2012 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The Museum of British Surfing will open the doors to its new exhibition venue in Braunton, North Devon for the first time on Good Friday April 6.

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Pillage & Plunder

March 05, 2012 |  Words By: Staff Writer

A collaboration brought to you by the salty buccaneers of trim at The Critical Slide Society and the master foam mowers at Thomas Surfboards.

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Plastics packaging industry challenge

March 03, 2012 |  Words By: Hugo

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners took over 800 plastic bottles found on one UK beach to the Plastic Packaging Industry conference in Birmingham this week.

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Surfrider campaign video

February 27, 2012 |  Words By: Staff Writer

Surfrider Foundation Europe has produced this campaign video, shot by Young & Rubicam, Paris, showing the limitations of the ocean as a dumping ground.

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Tyler Warren Experiments

February 24, 2012 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The offical release of “The Tyler Warren Experiments” film trailer and website is upon us.

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Quiver me timbers

February 22, 2012 |  Words By: Mat Arney

On most of the rare occasions that I end up in an ice cream parlour I get vanilla ice cream. My friends used to call me Mr Plain when I did this, but I disagreed.

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Ben Haworth in Costa Rica

February 22, 2012 |  Words By: Staff Writer

Stuart Campbell and Ben Haworth head out for a day in their Costa Rican winter training. It’s a tough life.

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The Alaia/finless movement

February 20, 2012 |  Words By: Tom W

This is the final chapter in Tom Wegener’s journey into finless, paulownia board design. A journey which began back in 2005 and which took Tom across continents and borders of surf board design. Photos: Dane Peterson.

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