Comparisons followed. “The Bali of Europe,” some called it. “Europe’s California”. Not geographically accurate, but ...

If there’s one thing surf culture has properly nailed, it’s the multi-gen dynasty. From The Hos; legendary stalwarts of the North Shore, to multi-craft Aussie style masters the Youngs, there are loads ...

Cover shot: Japan 2020 Olympic finalists, Kanoa Igarashi, Italo Ferreira and Owen Wright. A new qualification process for surfing in the LA 2028 Olympics has caused a divide in the surfing world, ...

Cresting the top of the cliff, the split second before the North Sea is laid out before me, my heart rate still increases palpably as the rush of adrenaline hits. In my early days of surfing, before I ...

[Earlier this month we brought you a potted history of pop-culture’s obsession with the concept of tsunami surfing; spanning appearances in old Hawaiian folklore, through TV ads and Hollywood cult ...

In 1971, a surfer from Cornwall bought a disused RAF base near Land’s End and set about crafting it into the country’s first surf village. The result was ‘Skewjack’ a now-legendary holiday destination ...

Every year, when the World Surf League releases its entries for the wipeout of the year awards, the same words pass across thousands of lips: ‘How on earth didn’t they die?!’ While there have been ...

Existing in a surf media landscape is a difficult gig. Instagram has long-held the attention of scrolling fingers and thumbs – with a plethora of aspiring lenspeople on the platform to push the medium ...

Words by Dom Moore of Surf Sanctuary Cover shot by Nathan Benham. Surfing has the potential to improve human health in ways that go far beyond blue health. The closest comparison in modern medicine is ...

A whole crazy amount of surf edits dropped in 2025. The vlogosphere is alive and well with surfers looking to line their pockets with that YouTube coin. But there’s still room in the digital headspace ...

Just down the coast from Spain’s wonderful Basque Country surf zone is the city of Santander. And what you may not know is, there’s a big wave arena that breaks only a stone’s throw out from that ...

It’s the autumn of 1963 and Mike Hynson is sat in a plane seat, sweating and itchy, with sticky tape bound tightly around his torso. As he cranes his neck to peer down the aisle, it occurs to him that ...