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EDITION #63

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Since 2010, Smorgasboarder has been your free grassroots surfing magazine.

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Don’t look down

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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Student of the ocean

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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Beyond adrenaline

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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Into the flow

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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Made for this

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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Living legend

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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All the best people are

Insights

January 2025

All the best people are

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

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Skull and crossbones

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.

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Surf by day, jam by night

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.

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