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

Mat Arney hooks up with some old friends to go feral on the Arabian Peninsula and hunt down some truly isolated swell. Words & photos: Mat Arney

Two of the most influential people on the surf-inspired art scene, Jeff Raglus and Gerry Wedd have been making their mark on everything from surfboards to teapots since the 1970s. Thirty years later, they're still as productive as ever... Words: Tommy Leitch Photos: Jamie Bott

From WQS warrior to independent filmmaker via a AUS$27,000 debt, Johnny Abegg has trod an unconventional path through life so far, and proves that a relentlessly positive outlook and upbeat character can see you through the toughest times... Words: Mark Sankey Photos: Johnny Abegg

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.

In Florianopolis - Brazil's surf capital - during prime swell season, an incomplete line-up gets Clare Howdle thinking... (Photos 2, 3, 4&8: André Côrtes; photos 1&7: Zander Grinfeld, www.venncreative.co.uk)


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Curren sends Moore to round two

July 12, 2011 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The Roxy Pro got underway in two-to-three foot (0.6 to 1 meter) waves in Biarritz today, the famous Cote des Basques beach allowing three heats of Round 1 to wrap-up through the incoming morning tide.

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Mark Visser surfs South Tasmania

July 12, 2011 |  Words By: Staff Writer

You may remember him as the athlete who surfed a moonlit 30ft wave at Jaws last January. While preparing for his next projects as part of a new documentary, 28-year-old Mark Visser and other local big wave surfers have paddled into the biggest storm to hit Australia in recent years.

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Surf Action Surf Fayre

July 12, 2011 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The Surf Action Surf Fayre is a gathering of Cornwall’s finest surfboard shapers and surf related businesses, local art and craft. This is a fundraising event with Free entry that will help Surf Action continue their great work with Combat Veterans.

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Paulo Armando exhibition

July 12, 2011 |  Words By: Staff Writer

Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Paulo Armando celebrates the ocean, its fragility and diversity in a set of photographs titled Unlimited Ocean Series.

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The Northern Collective. #7: Jeremy Koreski

July 12, 2011 |  Words By: Alexander Haro

SBC Surf photo editor Jeremy Koreski has made his mark on a profession in which it’s almost impossibly hard to make a name for yourself. Of the few notable Canadian surf photographers, Koreski is the most well known, and not only over in Canada.

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The wooden surfboard night

July 11, 2011 |  Words By: Staff Writer

This is great opportunity to meet other people interested in building and riding wooden surfboards of all kinds. Saturday 6th August 6.30pm for a 7pm start $10 admission to the Museum includes one cold drink.

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Roxy Pro kicks off today

July 11, 2011 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The Roxy Pro, second-to-last stop on this year’s ASP Women’s World title season and first of two ASP Women’s World Longboard Tour events, kicks off today at Cote des Basques beach in Biarritz, France for a seven-day waiting period that promises intense world-class surfing in presence of surfing icon Lisa Andersen.

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Mario Pinheiro

July 08, 2011 |  Words By: Staff Writer

Mario Pinheiro finished an MA in Illustration & Animation at Kingston University, London, and currently lives and works in Porto, Portugal.

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