Smorgasboarder Magazine

Life is what you make of it

This edition, we speak to some amazing people who epitomise the value of visualising goals and finding ways to achieve them, from Ash Grunwald and Jerome Sahyoun to some of the best shapers out there. As always, there’s plenty to read, and we’re not just a pretty picture book. Enjoy.

Photo by Coastal Sports

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Reader stories

Insights

January 2025

All the best people are

Jerome Sahyoun from Morocco who likes to BASE jump into waves. Yeah, you read that right.

Art Locals

January 2025

Skull and crossbones

If you have ever had the pleasure of dropping into Blackflag Brewing Co after a cheeky surf in Coolum or Mooloolaba, chances are you’ve seen the sick work of Tammen Willmott.

Insights

January 2025

Surf by day, jam by night

One of Australia’s most successful blues musicians, he got to where he is today by relentlessly chasing his goals and the things that make him happy.

Insights Locals

January 2025

Surfing, brownies, and the universe calling

Many years back, George left the relative safety of the corporate world to pursue his passion and start a business with his wife.

Insights

October 2024

Sea Level

It came as no surprise when Ziggy Alberts told us surfing has been a part of his life since before he can remember.

Gear Insights Locals

October 2024

Cat of Nine Tale

We pose nine questions to Eddie Wearne, the cool cat of Shed Nine down in Rye, Victoria.

Insights Photographers

October 2024

Behind the Lens

I hear Mickey Smith’s narration repeating in my head throughout the day – “If I only scrape a living, at least it’s a living worth scraping. If there’s no future in it, at least it’s a present worth remembering.”

Insights Travel

June 2024

The Road to Patagonia

Made by an Aussie who set out to surf the west coast of the Americas, this doco features awe-inspiring shots of beaches in the middle of nowhere, but it really is a lot more than that.

Insights

June 2024

Do Your Thing

There’s a few people who cross into our path that make us go, “Yes, that’s Smorgasboarder. That’s the grassroots surfing community and everything we hope to celebrate in this magazine of ours.”