Queensland goofyfooter Noah Lane has found his spiritual home on Ireland's west coast. 

Twenty five years after Maurice Cole and Tom Curren teamed up with the Reverse Vee, they're now releasing a limited run of the once-revolutionary design.

"Times change and an image as carelessly abused as that of surfing inevitably loses its power. From the first billboard linking us to that liquid, tooth rotting, diabetes promoting, sugary shit, we were fucked."

From fringe dwelling to global saturation, blindboy considers surfing's rapid cultural shift.

Partly awestruck and fully fatigued, Twiggy Baker recalls the big Mex swell. “I had a barrel this morning that would’ve been the barrel of my life. It spat so hard that I got blown off my board.”