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Ollie Birch reports from Gwithian on a weekend of grassroots competition, community, music and plenty of Cornish drizzle.
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Naluka – More Comfort, Means More Playtime (opens Tracks in a new tab)
Stylish wetsuits that aim to make the wearer feel elegant and confident.
Watch: WTF Is Up With This Brazilian Death Slab?! (opens Wavelength in a new tab)
A crew built for wrangling ridiculous-looking, hyper-cylinders.
Surfing – A Living Muizenberg Heritage (opens Zigzag in a new tab)
Surfing has been part of Muizenberg’s identity for more than a century, and a new exhibition at Het Posthuys Museum explores how the sport has shaped the suburb, its people and South African surf culture. Surfing – a…
Yes, This Wave Was Created by a Ferry (opens Wavelength in a new tab)
Of all the waves in the world, this might just be one of the more interesting.
Jordy Smith Goes Full Gas on KZN’s South Coast (opens Zigzag in a new tab)
Jordy Smith’s last surf before heading into surgery was one for the books. The CT veteran scored hours of uncrowded waves, making the most of a rare session at one of South Africa’s most iconic stretches of coast. “Best…
Lessons with Ichabod by Bernie Shelly – 19. Look-at me (opens Zigzag in a new tab)
In this weekly column series, Bernie Shelly explores the strange, funny rituals of everyday surf life — from awkward line-up conversations and endless paddle-outs to bruised egos and near-collisions in the surf. At the…
The Cigarette Surfboard: Turning Trash Into a Wave of Change (opens Zigzag in a new tab)
What do you get when you take 10,000 discarded cigarette butts and turn them into a surfboard? A pretty powerful conversation about the state of our oceans. The Cigarette Surfboard is an award-winning 90-minute…
Natural Selection Surf: Forget the Score, Who Surfs Best? (opens Zigzag in a new tab)
You can only keep a crew of surfers roaming the South African coast for 10 days under wraps for so long. The talk on the beach and from what we have seen so far is that they found everything from pumping beachbreaks to…
N8 – A Surf Edit (opens Zigzag in a new tab)
N8 follows 16-year-old South African surfer Nate Tayler through a year of surfing the waves he grew up on in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal. Put together by filmmaker and cinematographer Jackson Wolter, the project proves you…
WATCH: First Light Episode 03, Rowan Curbishley And the End of the World (opens Wavelength in a new tab)
A log session at a wave built for it.
How To Stay Surf Ready During the Summer Flat Spell (opens Wavelength in a new tab)
A long, hot summer -- time to get paddle fit.
WATCH: Red Bull Sessions at Lost Shore (opens Wavelength in a new tab)
"One of the most fun sessions I've ever had."
New Artificial Reef The Answer For Towan’s Close-Out Problem? (opens Wavelength in a new tab)
Time to open this can of worms again.
Free Wetsuit Repairs Comes to Newquay And Rest Of Europe (opens Wavelength in a new tab)
And a film screening by big wave surfer Frank Solomon.
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