Each year the Australian Boardriders Battle, or the ABB, continues to prove why the tag team surfing format is one of the most entertaining, fun and community driven versions of competitive surfing.

When France was removed from the CT in 2019 it left a baguette shaped hole in the surfing calendar. The world class sandbars around Hossegor had become a staple on the World Tour and many surfers were ...

Dave Rastovich reckons we’ve started outsourcing something essential. Not just directions or forecasts, but instinct itself. “There’s a big conversation to be had about whether we have handed our ...

Each video seems to return to the same moment: the perfect wave. When Dave Rastovich traveled here with Taylor Steele in 2009. When Craig Anderson’s team arrived with Alan Van Gysen in 2011. When Nole ...

Vale Shane Stedman: An innovative shaper, entrepreneur and raconteur, Shane Stedman was a dynamic figure in the surfing world for more than half a century. Shane featured prominently in the early ...

It was a glorious day for Australian surfing as Steph Gilmore and Ethan Ewing claimed victory in front of the roaring Gold Coast masses. After disappointing finishes in the first two events, both ...

Nearly two weeks straight of rain dumped on the Gold Coast leading into the event. Winter arrived early with the grace of Chernobyl Reactor Four. So when the sun finally held its ground on Friday, the ...

If there’s one surfer whose fitness secrets we’d all love to know it has gotta be Mick Fanning. His supreme fitness helped him to overcome two potentially career-ending injuries and played no small ...

The interaction between CT surfers and punters in the lineup, during contest windows, is one of the more unique aspects of ...

Torren Martyn and Ishka Folkwell attempt to circumnavigate Tasmania in sailing kayaks in search of remote waves.

It’s been an indifferent start to the 2026 WSL Championship Tour for Jordy Smith. After spending much of last season in the ...

A few weeks back a good friend phoned to tell me he’d just heard that Shane Stedman, the legendary surfboard manufacturer and bon vivant of the surf culture, had passed away about a fortnight earlier.