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In a Rebuke to Surfing’s Corporate Titans, Consumers Pivot to Kmart for Boardshorts Amid Rising Costs
"My current surf trunks are knee-length, 90s-style shin-swingers. They’re undeniably in right now, but I didn't get mine from Rusty or Quiksilver."
The smart surfer’s guide to buying secondhand surfboards
It’s not about high-performance epoxy wizardry. It’s about connection. Flex. Flow. Fibreglass and foam with history.
Was decision not to live-stream Vans Pipe Masters clever guerrilla marketing?
The black-out of coverage is refreshing. Results drip-fed through written updates. Secondhand reports of the conditions and the vibe on the sand. Pirate streams giving us shaky footage.
How a beautiful form of surfing localism emerged from its dark roots of violence, misogyny and child abuse
Anybody still pushing toxic localism needs to get their head checked. It's gone the way of landlines and affordable housing.
Surf website The Inertia hailed as “David Lynch-esque” surrealism!
Let’s play a little game. See if you can pick out the real Inertia headlines from the ones I’ve made up.
Surf-fiction (part four), “The rise of the WSL resistance!”
"A figure appears at the door, cast in shadow. I think I can make out the profile. Tall. lithe, crazy hair. Heavily bearded. It looks just like… But surely it couldn’t be."
World champs exhibition heat at Snapper Rocks surf major “transcends competition”
For 40 minutes there was no other place in the surfing world you wanted to watch.
The terrible secret to high-performance surfing revealed
To the outside world, I looked gaunt. Jaundiced. Consumed by my own desires. My face sunk in on itself like some collapsed star.
Surf fiction (part three): The cruel tyranny of Joe Turpel!
"He’s brilliant. A warrior poet in the commentary booth. But Joe Turpel is crazy as hell.”
Surf-fiction (part two): The dark side of WSL “sweetheart” Kaipo Guerrero!
“Where are they all, those commenters? These faceless kooks? In some office cubicle in Pasadena? Married with four kids and a mortgage out in western Sydney?"
Surf-lit: “Bombshell Chris Cote claims rock pro surfing establishment”
"The enormity of what he is asking dawns on me. So this is how it will all go down. History in the making."
Are Rip Curl wetsuits worth the inflated price tag?
When should you shift from Need or Project Blank and into the stratified realm of the high-cost corporate wetsuit?
Surfing’s greatest influencer Derek Hynd launches stinging attack on modern VAL culture!
"The only thing repetitive contests has done is strip the magic and create the most conservative government funded sport on earth."
“Soon-to-be-40 fat idiot who surfs terribly” reviews secondhand surfboards
How to use three-out-of five rule to always win when buying secondhand surfboards!
New John John and Nathan Florence edit a “Machiavellian play” on day one of Lexus Pipe Pro
The question John John asks us all: why shouldn’t this be the life he leads? Hasn’t he done enough already?