TASMANIA ART CLUB

BRENDON GIBBENS AND DION AGIUS EXPLORE THE LITTLE CHUNK HANGING OFF THE BOTTOM OF AUSTRALIA AND GET CREATIVE

Mr Smith

THE GENIAL ED SMITH IS ONE OF THOSE SURFERS THAT HAS A TON OF ABILITY AND TOYED WITH THE COMP SCENE BUT SOON REALISED A REAL TRADE AND SURFING FOR HIMSELF WAS A WISER OPTION. WE BUMPED INTO HIM ON OUR MISSION TO SCOTLAND, AND HE WAS KILLING IT EVERY SESSION. SUPER STYLISH, ALWAYS DEEP, A PLEASURE TO SHOOT. HE 'S A GOOD BLOKE TO GO FOR A PINT WITH TOO.

SETH MOZ

SETH MORRIS IS A YOUNG PRO FROM A QUIET PART OF WALES. HE JOINED US ON OUR WINTER MISSION TO PORTUGAL, WHERE HE IMPRESSED ALL WITH HIS STYLISH ATTACK. READ ON FOR A PEEK INSIDE HIS HEAD.

God's waiting room

FIRST-TIME REFLECTIONS ON A MISUNDERSTOOD ISLE.

barnaby cox

THE NORTH CORNISH TOWN OF BUDE IS HOME TO A LOT OF TALENTED SURFERS. ONE OF THE NEW CREW JOINED US ON A WINTER MISSION TO PORTUGAL FOR A BIT OF SUNSHINE, SOME TUBS AND A LOT OF CHICKEN AND CHIPS.

YOU CAN'T BUY TIME

MEET TRAVIS MCCOY AND HIS LIFE CHANGING STORY

WADING AROUND IRELAND

A LAST MINUTE TRIP TO THE EMERALD ISLE WITH THE AVOCA JESUS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WADE CARMICHAEL, HIM OFF OF THE WCT.

ON THE PROWL

MAVERICKS STYLE INSANITY AT A JOINT THAT IS REAL HARD TO GET TO, TRICKY TO READ AND INCONSISTENT AS HELL.

WEIRD WAVES

ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE 25 YEARS OF CARVE IS THE OPENING UP OF SURFING BEYOND THE OCEAN. SURFERS WILL TAKE A SLIDE ANYWHERE THEY CAN IF DESPERATE ENOUGH.

JUSTINE DUPONT GOES LARGE.

THE PORTUGUESE BIG WAVE ARENA DISHES UP SOME EARLY WINTER TREATS FOR THE CREW

INNOVATIONS

WE AIN'T GOT HOVERBOARDS OR FLYING CARS YET BUT THE WORLD SURE HAS CHANGED A BUNCH SINCE WE STARTED IN 1994.

Will I Am

CATCHING UP WITH THE NORTH DEVON RIPPER WILL BAILEY WHO'S BEEN HELPING OUT WITH SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Winning

HOW NICK CORKILL OVERCAME ADDICTION AND BECAME ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Sharp Shooter

Catching Up With Offshore X Carve Photo Competition Winner Phill Boyd.

Rising Son

Japanese Surfer Kanoa Igarashi Is Having A Breakout Year And Is Set To Keep The Japanese Flag Flying High.

Mirage

The Ever-changing Story Of Skeleton Bay

Cymru

Summer Storms May Be Bad News For Holiday Makers But They're Good News For South Welsh Surfers.

Board Masters Summer Festival 2017

Boardmasters Is Back With an Even More Epic Line-up This Summer.

Barbados 

Ukpst Under 12 Champ Sam Hearn Headed Off for a Dream Trip to Barbados This Winter. We Asked Him to Report Back...

Seth Morris

Young welshman seth morris just finished in the top 20 of the world in the under-16 division at the vissla world junior games. After such a great achievement we thought we'd better catch up with young man from haverfordwest.

All Seeing Eye

HOP ON BOARD FOR A BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF YOUR FAVOURITE SURF SPOTS

Pier To Paradise

Bournemouth local James Taylor spent his younger days frothing on south coast swells, now his job allows him to surf places like this….

Tanked

The pros are stoked. Those outside of the circle of trust are grumbling. The question is: are wave pools going to become cool? 

The Smithy Sessions

Just before this issue went to print we got to hang with current world number one in the welsh hills. For two days Jordy sessioned the surf Snowdonia pool and hung out with stoked O'Neill retailers who had no idea he was going to be guest of honour. We made a little film and had a chinwag...

Listen To The Winds Of Change

The WSL Is Not Staying the Same...

Anatomy Of A Surfer

Take a Peek Inside the Mindset and Mechanics of Influential Surfers of Our Time...

Chocolate Barrels

The North Sea Has Been Delivering the Goods, One of the Surfers That Knows Its Wiles the Best, Jesse Davies, Guides Us Through Recent Swells

Ted Talks

Adventurous Surf Expeditions Are All the Rage These Days. They’re However, Nothing New. Wherever You Think You Might Be Making Fresh Tracks Odds on Legendary Australian Image Maker Ted Grambeau Was There Documenting It Twenty Years Ago.

Shaping Bright Futures

Johnny Purton From JP Surfboards Has a Long History of Putting Magic Sleds Under Feet, but His More Recent Challenge Has Been to Extend That Magic to Adaptive Surfers. 

The Allure of the Other

Why we love winter