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

Flitting between awesome waves at Aileens and Nelscott Reef is all in a week's work for Ireland's big-wave master Al Mennie. Words: Al Mennie Photos: Al Mennie, Gary McCall, Larry Jansky, Richard Hallman

...in the age of the programmable hand. San Diego's Josh Hall explains why he has chosen to tread the well-worn path of hand-shaping, in conversation with Andy Smith. Photos: Garrett Highhouse, T. Colla, Ryan Tatar

When his career as a pro surfer was ended by cancer, Richie Lovett forged a new career in the manufacturing industry. Now he's singing the praises of machine-shaping technology. Words: Chris Preston Photos: Jamie Bott

Ian Battrick and Tim Nunn take a journey around the North Atlantic isle of Iceland to put the finishing touches to their book, out this Autumn. Join them on their journey.
Photos Tim Nunn and Ian Battrick Words Tim Nunn

As the Campbell brothers wrap up a European shaping tour, Mark Sankey discovers Bournemouth's hidden Californian connection, and why old designs aren't necessarily retro. Photos and design by Alexa Poppe


Darkblue Open

August 30, 2012 | Words By: Staff Writer

This years only Danish surf competition gets under way from the 6th to 7th October, organised by OH DAWN.

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OH DAWN | Clean Sheet

December 30, 2011 | Words By: Staff Writer

Danish radness from Copenhagen as we head into 2012.

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Slide Nights

July 01, 2010 | Words By: Shredsled Society

slide_nights Sunshine and green water. Both Simon and I are pretty stoked on our new body slide equipment. When the surf gets too small you can leave your board and still get tubed… Crazy… We even got a visit from a curious seal.

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Another Thy Session

April 22, 2010 | Words By: Shredsled Society

72 A beautiful morning in Thy, not long ago. Pretty nice to wake up and start the day in a lineup like this. Lots of sunshine, occasional sets and completely crowdless.

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April Afternoon

April 15, 2010 | Words By: Shredsled Society

shredsled Southside shredding. Nice sunshine and green waters. Here’s Simon and Michael getting some fun ones.

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The rollercoaster of humanity

December 02, 2009 | Words By: Howard

slaughter_dolphinsMy morning ritual at Drift HQ usually involves wading through a load of email which has arrived overnight. Imagine how I felt when I opened this one. I had just finished writing up the Nixon art mosh in Paris, which made me feel all enthusiastic about life… then this shows up.

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Monday Evening

September 19, 2009 | Words By: Shredsled Society

monday_evening_wave What a great way to start the week.

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Glassing for a week

June 20, 2009 | Words By: Shredsled Society

image4 So, we spent the passed week working on the board. It’s kind of time consuming, as the epoxy has to dry ’till next day, in order to be hard enough to be sanded.

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