Our best ideas are often born out of a completely different environment to the ones we execute them in. They come during more random happenings, when we’re in a more relaxed context – like when ...

It seems being a once celebrated pro surfer does not guarantee you a safe and prosperous journey through life. The surfing world was shocked by reports earlier in the week that Hawaiian surfing legend ...

I arrive at the Indonesian bengkel, or mechanic workshop, with a long list of repairs. Brighter front lights, new chain and front and rear sprockets. Plugging the oil leak where the tacho cable has ...

24 of the world’s best tube riders are ramping up for Indonesia’s most prestigious surfing event. Held at Bali’s legendary Padang Padang Beach, the invitation-only contest features an even split ...

CEO of the fledgling Surfing Super League, Chris Mater, genuinely believes he can make the sport of surfing more entertaining for both spectators on the beach and viewers in front of the TV. The ...

The world’s only international surf and environmental film festival is back for another year, with the 2026 Save The Waves Film Festival set to bring a fresh lineup of surf films and conservation ...

There can be no denying the phenomenon that is Robert Kelly Slater. Few will argue with the notion of greatest competitive surfer of all time, and a quick google search of the stats of Jordan, Tyson, ...

When I first met Larry Bertlemann 49 years ago he was still a teenager – only just – but he was already a phenomenon, cover boy (there were no cover girls, yet) on every major surf magazine around the ...

“We live so many lives in a lifetime and in this particular one I’m just trying to help people enjoy their surfing while learning and growing myself,” said ex-CT competitor Dean ‘Dingo’ Morrison. “If ...

Jackson Coffey is your classic Australian waterman. He loves to surf, fish, dive and explore. He’s extremely good at all of them too. Having grown up travelling around Australia in a bus with his ...

Seven free surfers embarked on a voyage to boldly go where no man had gone before. Not that long ago, in an island chain far, far away, seven free surfers embarked on a voyage to boldly go where no ...

In a half-decade of working in the Tracks office I saw some truly shocking images. I once transcribed a whole Dave Reardon-Smith interview with a colleague’s testicle unknowingly resting on my ...