Surfboard auction for refugees
Tuesday 22/09 10
Among other things, a Simon Anderson '81 Thruster will be auctioned at this Sunday's Deus/Boardcollector Surf Swap at Bondi Pavilion.
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Koa Rothman, Kandui - video
Tuesday 22/09 3
Far too many barrels for one man at one wave during one swell.
Shane Peel and the snowsurf movement
Tuesday 22/09 57
From his Hokkaido home, ex-pat Australian surfer Shane Peel watched a nascent snowboard movement slowly take shape. The style of snowboarding, snowsurf, closely parallels surf culture. Snowsurf is also the name of Shane's debut film.
Connor Coffin laying rail - video
Tuesday 22/09 12
Connor Coffin bucks the trend of young punters retrofitting a rail game to their air repertoire. Coffin is a power surfing purebred with a deep inclination toward committed rail turns and rear foot weighting.
Jack McCoy: 25 years after Bunyip Dreaming
Monday 21/09 43
It's been a quarter of a century since Jack McCoy released Bunyip Dreaming. An instant hit, Bunyip Dreaming is both a snapshot of a particular time and a timeless piece of surf cinema.
Swellnet spoke to Jack to celebrate the occasion.
Hawaii's Albee Layer wins world's first - no, the world's second - wave pool event
Monday 21/09 26
More than 2,000 spectators turned out on Saturday 19th September to see Red Bull Unleashed wavepool contest.
Fanning and Moore win Hurley Pro and Swatch Women's Pro
Sunday 20/09 12
"When you’re surfing on the Championship Tour you surf against the best in the world," said Fanning. "A fourth world title won’t be easy, especially when I have to surf against people like Adriano.”
'Snowsurf' Australian screening times
Friday 18/09 13
Join award winning Australian photographer Shane Peel as he journeys to the mountains, beaches, and silver birch forests of Japan's northern most island, Hokkaido.
Point Break: trailer - video
Friday 18/09 1
"We're all gonna die....the only question is how!"
Inside X-Core Reactor blanks
Thursday 17/09 119
It's been ten years since Gordon Clark upped and shut his foam blowing operation and the reverberations are still be being felt. The latest blank technology - developed by a young Sydney surfer - is getting the thumbs up from shapers, including the world's largest board manufacturer.
Feel the burn - video
Thursday 17/09 9
A seriously long wave in Tassie with the locals sharing the spoils...sort of.
Kelly Slater and his sustainable (but not inexpensive) clothing line
Thursday 17/09 10
"Yeah, there's been some 'sticker shock,' I guess you could call it," says Slater, "But I think part of that is that people were expecting traditional surf-label prices."