Venturing into the great unknown
We dedicate this edition to travel, to the fearless souls who wander the globe in pursuit of worldly experiences, and of course, to uncrowded waves. As the great Jack Kerouac penned in his epic On the Road, “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.”
Photo by GAUCHOS DEL MAR
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Travel
September 2025
The world from afloat
Liz Clark lived for 14 years aboard her beloved sailboat chasing waves, spreading environmental awareness, and living an existence that we can all be inspired by.
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Travel
September 2025
Cowboys of the sea
Two brothers, Julián and Joaquín, circumnavigate the African continent in an ex-military ambulance on a quest for waves and equality.
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Travel
September 2025
The search for revelry
Grab your best mates and a boat, then sail the world. The wind is your motor, and the waves are your calling.
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Insights
July 2025
Don’t look down
From standing on the edge of a balcony, eight stories high, to surfing the biggest waves on the planet, this is the story of how Nazaré saved the life of Joonhee 'Juni' Cho
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Insights
July 2025
Student of the ocean
Everything Marti Paradisis has achieved in his surfing career has come from passion, dedication, and an honest obsession for chasing highs that only surfing can provide.
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Insights
July 2025
Beyond adrenaline
Andrew ‘Cotty’ Cotton is one of the world’s most respected big wave surfers, and to him, the lifestyle is about so much more than just chasing gigantic swells.
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Photographers
April 2025
Into the flow
Laid back, unassuming, grounded… we could have gone with a myriad of different headlines for this story on surf photographer Riley O’Dea.
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Insights
April 2025
Made for this
Callum Robson realised his true calling one fateful day on a construction site, covered in sawdust and frothing for a surf in his home town of Evans Head.
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Insights
April 2025
Living legend
Ben has worked in classy restaurants around the world, starred on multiple television series, surfed in some insane places, met the Queen (twice), written tonnes of books...
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