The wavepool that saved pro surfing
Monday 30/05 38
Never mind surfing in the Olympics, an inland CT event, or even the online backlash, last week's wavepool sale will have a side effect not yet considered – the potential to bankroll the whole WSL.
Surfpolitik
Is it time to rethink the rules of surfing?
Friday 08/04 104
As crowd numbers skyrocket Neil Lazarow thinks it may be time to revisit some of surfing's core rules.
A new way to detect tsunamis: cargo ships
Monday 04/04 5
The network of ocean buoys are proving problematic for detecting tsunami but fortunately scientists have stumbled across better technology - big ships.
The age of the superstorm
Wednesday 30/03 203
They're weather systems, but not as we know them. And to think about surfing in such an event - an event expressed in detail by James Hansen and outlined by blindboy - is "an almost obscene waste of effort."
The surfonomics of the Superbank
Tuesday 15/03 68
Earlier this month it was calculated that Cyclone Winston generated $20 million for the Gold Coast. But how was that figure generated and how can it alleviate overcrowding on the Gold Coast?
The age of the hypercrowd
Tuesday 08/03 142
"The surf was uncrowded, there was only 100 people out."
Welcome to the age of the hypercrowd.
The outrageous fortune of Maldivian surfers
Monday 07/03 20
There are 1,000 perfect waves in the Maldives yet 90% of local surfing happens at just one beach, Raalhugandu on the southeast tip of Malé. Recently the authorities closed Raalhugandu and the local surfers are at a loss.
Big wave contests: The Duke went, Eddie will too
Thursday 28/01 68
For 20 years the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational was the most prestigious big wave contest in the world until it was superseded. If the organisers of the Eddie Aikau Invitational don't move with the times they risk the same fate.
Quiksilver eyes private deal
Wednesday 27/01 18
After a tumultuous year, including filing for bankruptcy in the US, Quiksilver are seeking salvation in a private buyout. The deal would see Quiksilver International taken off the sharemarket and into private hands - and also consider a merger with Billabong.
PNG - Plan B
Wednesday 27/01 10
As the surfing diaspora spreads, what were once isolated coasts reached only by the adventurous, are becoming surf tourist destinations. Papua New Guinea is one such place and if handled correctly its newfound popularity may be a blessing for locals.
Westkust And The Coming Disruption
Friday 22/01 85
Print your own fins! Make your own blanks...out of cardboard!
Westkust surf want to shake things up with an open source approach to surfing.
Slipping citizenship
Tuesday 19/01 24
Who wouldn't swap their citizenship for more sunshine or more dollars?