Australian longboarder Belinda Baggs’ graceful surfing style makes her one of the most instantly recognisable female gliders. Deeply insightful and highly in tune with nature and her surroundings, her love of the ocean has not only seen her surfing waves all over the world but also try to give a little back, offering help by bringing supplies to communities struggling in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami and acting as an ambassador for environmental awareness.
Reef encounters
No group combines hardcore surf experience with hard science better than the team at ASR.
Taking it slow
Costa Rica is firmly on the tourist map, but it’s still possible to find solitude in the surf.
Angels with dirty faces
Tucked away at the top of a hill near Gwenver beach, Skewjacks was the definitive 1970s surf camp.
Lincolnshire’s secret coast
Don your thickest wetsuit and plunge into Lincolnshire’s empty line-ups and super-clean lefts.
Art of the matter
Veteran surf photographer Art Brewer on the legendary Bunker Spreckels.
Substituted by blue
Dane Peterson and Belinda Peterson-Baggs report on their mission to bring aid supplies to Indonesia.
