What a time to be putting out a Travel issue. As we go to print, the continent has just finished burning to the tune of 12.35 million acres, 33 human casualties, over 2000 houses gone, and an ...

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We greet you in Yugambeh, the language of the Kombumerri people, one of the nine Original clans in the Gold Coast region, where SL mag was birthed (in the mid-eighties) and has been continuously ...

Jingeri Jimbelung [Hello, my friends]. These welcoming words are in the Yugambeh language of the Kombumerri people, one of the many clans in the Gold Coast region. Thumb the pages of each quarterly ...

Surfboards are like ice cream. There’s always room for more. With cancelled overseas trips and border restrictions, surfers have been ordering a variety of flavours from their local shapers. True ...

Nhundu wanhtharra, and welcome to the “spring” edition of Surfing Life’s 40th anniversary year. Spring balances climate extremes. We escape winter’s icy stare and avoid summer’s scolding glare.

Jingeri Jimbelung [Hello, my friends]. This heartfelt greeting is in the Yugambeh language of the Kombumerri people, one of nine Original clans in the Gold Coast region.

Does being a master of your universe involve mastering the art of surfing life? Would that look similar for a punter and a pro? The axiom “the ocean doesn’t discriminate” seems overused, a clichéd ...

Nhundu wanhtharra, surfing gals, guys, groms and grandmasters. Welcome to 2025, the year we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Surfing Life magazine! Like most underdog tales, our origin story reveals ...

We are all on the surfing learning curve: yes—you, me—Steph, Carissa, Mick, Italo, and even Kelly. When the term “learning curve” is thrown around, we usually think of kooks practising snap-tos on the ...

Nhundu wanhtharra, fellow frother—welcome to another Aussie summer! No longer slinking in spring’s shadows, summertime vibes intensify as the darkest hours become the shortest and daylight stretches ...

Throughout history, the ocean has been a terrifying protagonist. Characterised by amplitude, wavelength, frequency and speed, a wave transfers energy through matter or space. The sea achieves both: we ...