After waking up not so unusually late, my mood dropped with the sound of the rain on the roof on my van. I was shooting the 4th annual Alley Fish Fry on Australia’s Gold Coast, but I wasn’t going to allow a bit of rain to spoil the day. I’m a British surfer, goddammit, used to braving much worse conditions in search of a wave. This bit of drizzle was nothing to write home about.
Those of you with a fish fetish take note: on Sunday 14 March, Currumbin Alley is THE place be as this year’s Alley Fish Fry will be in full swing. Come along and admire, covet, and generally find out more about some of the most fabulous incarnations of this fun little board…
It’s a big leap from a backporch in Florida to a shaping bay at Moonlight, but under Rich Pavel’s tutelage, DJ Kane has made the transition. Famous for his performance fish, on a recent trip to Portugal he explained the origins of the Swordfish, and why he’ll never be cruising on a hull… (Versão portuguesa.)
Let me take you back to early Spring 2002, if my memory serves me correctly… I had timed a day off work to coincide with a good swell, but when the day and the swell arrived, so did the inevitable wind screaming out of the southwest.
Entrevista com DJ Kane, DK Surfboards por Rui Ribeiro. (Also available in English.)
Rui from Magic Quiver in Portugal chats to Jeff McCallum. This article is also available in Portuguese…
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
A Few Smooth Lines
Chris Preston interviews Sydney's Matt Chojnacki
The train to Taghazout
Mat Arney attempts to hop aboard the slow train to Morocco, boardbag in tow.
Single Fin Serendipity
The unusual return of Bobby Owens' magic board.
Nature on display
Chris Burkard’s photographs are about the scenery being the star of the show.
Peterson Threebeard
All aboard the good ship Peterson Threebeard
Surfilmfestibal 2011
The surfilmfestibal festival attempts to connect the global surfing community
Walls of Perception
Ben Thouard joins Oxbow in search of adventure and virgin waves.
Versão portuguesa traduzida do original. This article is also available in