“I’d say certain people were reaching for their phones as soon as that fin popped up behind Mick,” says Ronnie Blakey. As Mick Fanning's media manager, Blakey has been fielding "hundreds of calls" a week, including one from Dancing With The Stars.
BP's planned oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight has taken a controversial turn with the release of dramatic oil spill modelling.
Mick Fanning at J'Bay: It was the shark attack seen around the world and it turned Mick into a global media celebrity. But what about Jeffreys Bay? How has this surf town fared under the barrage of bad press? Craig Jarvis investigates.
Kent Stannard investigates the recent cluster of shark activity in northern NSW and also details the research currently being undertaken.
Overnight Quiksilver filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US. Phil Jarratt cuts through the crap to detail what the consequences are for the once great surfing company.
Thought you'd seen a lot of drone footage? This year, venture capitalists have thrown hundreds of millions of dollars into the drone industry and GoPro are also preparing to enter the airspace. The hype has only just begun....but so have the new ideas.
Following six months of body blows, Quiksilver is reportedly looking for a buyer to keep the company afloat.
"We are approaching new moon on the 15th and I would advise to avoid surfing around the full moon on the 30th altogether". Nick Brennan offers a theory as to the recent spate of shark attacks in Northern NSW.
Campaigning on behalf of captive dolphins, Craig Brokensha unwittingly becomes the poster boy for the modern online activist.
It's the time of year when we think twice about the value of heading out because, even with the best wetsuit, there will be a degree of discomfort.
"We're probably not going to do the yellow anymore," said Darren Handley of Mick Fanning's surfboards. "The fishos call it yummy yellow. When a boat goes down it's always the swimmers with yellow life jackets that sharks go for."
The Duke's visit to Australia in 1915 and his subsequent legacy of Aloha is Australian surfing's most enduring myth. It reveals our monumental capacity for self-delusion, or so argues blindboy in this article.
