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No contest

Stu Nettle

Friday, 3 July 2020 70

Pro surfing is languishing while recreational surfing is booming. What purpose does pro surfing currently serve?

Swellnet Dispatch

Michel Bourez twice frisked by shark while foiling

Stu Nettle

Thursday, 2 July 2020 25

"No bad feelings at all! He just owe me a new foil."

Swellnet Analysis

Looking back on a great run of surf

Craig Brokensha

Thursday, 2 July 2020 12

It's been a great six weeks of waves on the East Coast. We look at the setup responsible for the run of quality surf.

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Watch: Letty Mortensen // Riddled

Stu Nettle

Thursday, 2 July 2020 11

Dance moves to dance music.

Swellnet Dispatch

NSW Government unveils new shark strategy — more drones, fewer helicopters

Leah White and ...

Thursday, 2 July 2020 36

A four year trial of shark mitigation strategies ended yesterday. The verdict? Helicopters are grounded, while up to eighty drones will buzz the skies of the far north coast of NSW.

Swellnet Analysis

A fraction too much friction

Craig Brokensha

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 33

Wondered why the winds at your local beach don't match those of your local weather station? It's often due to friction.

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Watch: Padang Padang plus

Stu Nettle

Tuesday, 30 June 2020 24

As close as you're gonna get for season 2020.

Swellnet Dispatch

"We started it because people are going to die," says Shanan Worrall of his training program, which aims to create a new big wave culture. Despite two very close calls this past autumn his prediction is, thankfully, proving to be incorrect.

Swellnet Dispatch

Erik Logan Visits Toonalook

Ding Alley

Friday, 26 June 2020 46

World Surf League top banana Erik ‘ELO’ Logan has been secretly embedded in the humble surf village of Toonalook for the last week. Ding Alley reports.