Heart of glass
Tuesday 15/08 46
Swellnet visits the Glass Hut in Wollongong. A factory adapting to the changing surfboard industry.
Surfpolitik
The Championship Tour in Indonesia
Monday 17/07 42
Next year there'll be five QS events in Indonesia. When's the CT gonna revisit the best surf nation on Earth?
The Manchurian candidate
Wednesday 05/07 11
Tie Zhuang - known to his mates as TZ - is the best surfer to ever come out of Inner Mongolia.
Pro Surfing And The Kindness Of Strangers
Wednesday 03/05 34
In 2017 pro surfing is riding high on the goodwill of one man. It's not the first time we've got a leg up from a well-heeled stranger.
Rip Curl and the new gold standard
Wednesday 01/03 30
After two fruitless weeks it's become clear that the most important aspect of Mick's clip is not what was shown, but what wasn't.
The art of advocacy with Brad Farmer
Friday 16/12 18
He's been kidnapped by the KGB, started Surfrider Foundation, National Surfing Reserves, and World Surfing Reserves too, but Brad Farmer's advocacy is based on more than mere love for the ocean.
Patent Pending: The FCS Design Saga
Wednesday 30/11 139
In 2013 FCS released FCS II, a new and updated version of their removable fin system. Yet three years later they still don't have the patent secured and the imitators are ready to pounce.
Noooosaaa
Wednesday 05/10 55
I had been to Noosa once before, in the days when the milk bar on the main drag was the social centre of a rather isolated coastal village.
Making plastic sexy and other green schemes
Wednesday 24/08 4
Being green won't cut it unless you're innovative too. These surfers are turning pond scum, old plastic, and fishnets into stuff for you to surf.
Surfing joins the five ring circus!
Thursday 04/08 53
The Olympics will divide surfing more than any other issue. What chance is there that surfers will get citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger - in summertime beachbreaks?
Billabong settles class action for $45 million
Monday 11/07 3
Billabong has agreed to pay $45 million to settle a shareholder class action relating to its share price collapse in 2011.
A stitch in time?
Friday 17/06 60
Phil Jarratt on the unravelling of former stock market darling, SurfStitch