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.
Liberia’s new future
Liberia has been devastated by more than a decade of civil war, but surfing might offer future peace.
Substituted by blue
Dane Peterson and Belinda Peterson-Baggs report on their mission to bring aid supplies to Indonesia.
First there was paradise
Sri Lanka’s Arugam Bay is rebuilding itself after the devastation of the tsunami.
The reluctant ambassador
Tyler Hatzikian on nose-riding, refining longboard design and his reluctance to take the limelight.
Lincolnshire’s secret coast
Don your thickest wetsuit and plunge into Lincolnshire’s empty line-ups and super-clean lefts.
Walk the plank
Grain Surfboards has cornered the market in sustainable wooden boards that ride like a dream.
