“We were just chilling, sitting in the boat…then you just see the whole horizon go dark.”Luke O’Connell For Luke O’Connell, that dark horizon was exactly what he was searching for when he flew to Fiji for a self-termed ‘strike mission’ earlier this year. A real estate agent by trade, selling houses wasn’t on the agenda …
Australia isn’t referred to the lucky country because of its abundance of surfable waves, but it certainly could be. The amount of coastline surrounding our island nation combined with big, wide expanses of oceans which serve up swells on a platter mean that we are as lucky as anywhere in the world when it comes …
Surf trips are, unequivocally, one of the most enjoyable things to do on this planet. Spending time in beautiful locations, scoring great waves, consuming your weight in quality food and drink – it’s all the good stuff, all at once. Whether you’re heading to somewhere like Indonesia, staying local in Australia or going further afield …
For those just starting out surfing, reading a surf forecast looks about as simple as translating Morse Code. Learning how to do it, though, is pivotal, because conditions and virtually conditions alone determine when you should surf, and where you should surf.
Surfing is still very much in the development stage in many parts of Africa. Large portions of the continent are a lot more difficult to access than what we’re used to in places like Australia, but with such a vast coastline there are clearly plenty of great waves littered across this part of the world. …
Europe isn’t typically renowned for its monster waves. The surfing scene there has plenty to offer, sure, but it probably isn’t viewed in the same way as places like North America or Australia in terms of the multitude of big waves that it serves up. There is, however, one exception; Nazaré. The scene of many …
Big waves capture the attention of the surfing public, and indeed the public generally, like few other sporting pursuits on the planet. The combination of conditions and geographical features which combine to create big waves occur around the world, but North America – in which we’ll include Hawaii – is one location in which we …
Big wave surfing is capable of capturing the imagination like few other sports in the world. To most people, the prospect of heading out to sea and trying to ride a wave many times your size is a thoroughly unpleasant one, bordering on flat out insane. But despite this, there is a dedicated community of …
For most, it’s been a long couple of years, with the ability to travel all but removed and our choice of surf destinations subsequently drastically limited. For those of us fortunate to live near enough to a quality surf break or two that might not have been such an issue, but nonetheless being able to …
For most, it’s been a long couple of years, with the ability to travel all but removed and our choice of surf destinations subsequently drastically limited. For those of us fortunate to live near enough to a quality surf break or two that might not have been such an issue, but nonetheless being able to …
For most, it’s been a long couple of years, with the ability to travel all but removed and our choice of surf destinations subsequently drastically limited. For those of us fortunate to live near enough to a quality surf break or two that might not have been such an issue, but nonetheless being able to …
For most, it’s been a long couple of years, with the ability to travel all but removed and our choice of surf destinations subsequently drastically limited. For those of us fortunate to live near enough to a quality surf break or two that might not have been such an issue, but nonetheless being able to …
For most, it’s been a long couple of years, with the ability to travel all but removed and our choice of surf destinations subsequently drastically limited. For those of us fortunate to live near enough to a quality surf break or two that might not have been such an issue, but nonetheless being able to …
For most, it’s been a long couple of years, with the ability to travel all but removed and our choice of surf destinations subsequently drastically limited. For those of us fortunate to live near enough to a quality surf break or two that might not have been such an issue, but nonetheless being able to …
Outside of a handful of well-known breaks in South Africa, Africa doesn’t exactly scream ‘surf trip’ for most people. But as the world’s second-biggest continent, and surrounded on most sides by vast expanses of ocean, there’s bound to be an abundance of great places to surf. Below, we take a look at five of the …
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