Photos: The Most Remarkable South Swell
Friday 21/06 30
It was the swell that kept on giving, and here's a small slice of what went down.
Features
An all star crew of Hawaiians, Californians, and two of Indonesia's finest surfers - brothers no less - light up unoccupied Mentawai. ...Read the full feature 6
South Africa had a winter for the ages during the weirdest of years. Photographer David Thiem captured the perfection amongst the madness....Read the full feature 8
As a teenager, Mitchell Rae was gifted rare knowledge about board design, and he's since spent fifty years perfecting it.
Follow Mitchell's journey through flex....Read the full feature 30
Join Ray Collins as he dissects the seven most decisive photographs of his career.Read the full feature 6
Just the mention of the word Java has been enough to send imaginations soaring throughout history, yet to the modern surfer it holds even more mystery than most imaginations are capable of. ...Read the full feature 30
It seems improbable, but Pohnpei, that verdant, reef-ringed isle in the North Pacific, has an image problem. Or more correctly it has a marketing problem - a mismatch between the waves we see in the surf media and the reality on the ground....Read the full feature 20
The Swellnet BF Goodrich trip to the desert evades a surf trip staple but lucks into a good time.Read the full feature 17