Craig Anderson and friends make road tripping through a fly infested, throaty waved desertscape critter abyss look pretty damn appealing. Throw in a few outdated board designs and outtakes from the outback and the intrigue factor goes only goes up. sources and links: ZION WETSUITS
The word Rastovich, when preceded by the name Dave, loosely translates to “man who surfs with dolphins.” Wait, maybe I don’t have that quite right. It’s the word Wajung that needs to be decoded. According to Nathan Oldfield’s vimeo post it “is the name given to the bottlenose dolphin by the Arakwal People, the traditional […]
“It’s always going to be a battle. We need clear, articulated, unemotional I suppose, supporters. A kind of common sense wisdom. We don’t have long to make some serious change.” – Wayne Lynch – Heavy waves and heavy concepts – Patagonia’s latest environmental surf film Never Town does not hold back while exploring what screams […]
Asher Pacey’s buttery smooth style on a twin fin is mesmerizing. Whether he’s busy finding a little solo tube time at one of the world’s most crowded point breaks, or leaning into a formidable layback slice, there’s an undeniable fluidity being expressed. This piece from Dan Scott, shot at Snapper Rocks over the course of […]
“Over 8 million tons of plastic enter our seas every year and a huge contributor to this fact is the wax we put onto our boards.” – Adam Harriden, owner at GoodSurfWax – Finding ways to be part of the solution rather than the problem of plastic pollution and petrochemical waste takes little more than […]
Since it was founded by Dr. Dave Jensen in 2000 Surfaid has been working to save lives in impoverished yet surf rich areas. Picture backwater villages plagued by malaria and high infant mortality rates in West and North Sumatra, Nias, Sumbawa, and the Mentawai Islands. According to their website Surfaid offers “practical support such as […]
There are no shortage of threats to our oceans. Plastic pollution, overfishing, radioactive contamination, and oil spills are a few. For surfers, who are aware of the issues facing the marine environment, it only makes sense to take defensive action. That’s the premise behind Never Town, a new documentary being presented by Patagonia Australia. Throw […]
A summary of events leading up to Julian Wilson’s recent ascendance to the number one spot on the WSL rankings reads a bit like fiction. In a short span of time he injured his AC joint, hosted the inaugural Serious Fun Weekend, helped raise awareness about breast cancer, became a dad, and won the 2018 […]
Dave Rastovich is a twin fin guru. Given his enormous wealth of experience piloting keel finned boards in all manner of conditions, he’s well worth listening to on the subject. In this short piece by Nathan Oldfield (The Church of the Open Sky) he demonstrates and talks about his unique quiver. But really he wouldn’t […]
The Reef Beneath is a short film publicizing the critical condition of the Great Barrier Reef. Presented by Patagonia, it follows Belinda Baggs, Kimi Werner, and Wayne Lynch on their mission to sail through and get a first-hand look at the reef and surrounding ecosystems while documenting everything they encounter. As the largest living structure […]