Matt Rohrer shares some of the highlights of his conversations with Bay Area surfer Jimmy Holt, focal point of one of the few surfing photos to ever appear in National Geographic Magazine. Selected photos: Jim Shaw

Chris Burkard's photographs are about more than barrels, perfect point breaks, and carving radical lines – they capture a moment in which the surfer is a mere player and the real star is the scenery. Words: Dan Hamlin Photos: Chris Burkard

Using locally sourced timber and having designed a manufacturing process that minimises waste, Mike LaVecchia of Grain Surfboards has cornered the market in beautiful, sustainable wooden boards. And the best bit? They ride like a dream. Photos: Nick LaVecchia

Sean Mattison has a reputation as a designer, a coach, and a businessman. His competitive experience, retail background and knowledge acquired from testing hundreds of surfboards made him one of the most versatile surfers in California. Words: Rui Ribeiro.

Two of the most influential people on the surf-inspired art scene, Jeff Raglus and Gerry Wedd have been making their mark on everything from surfboards to teapots since the 1970s. Thirty years later, they're still as productive as ever... Words: Tommy Leitch Photos: Jamie Bott

In Florianopolis - Brazil's surf capital - during prime swell season, an incomplete line-up gets Clare Howdle thinking... (Photos 2, 3, 4&8: André Côrtes; photos 1&7: Zander Grinfeld, www.venncreative.co.uk)


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Improve your paddling with smart training

May 04, 2012 |  Words By:

Today I enjoyed a rare North East swell on the mid-north coast of Australia. Accompanied by my girlfriend and my sister’s dog ‘Bailey’, all perched in the front of my beat up truck.

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Creating a surfing community

May 02, 2012 |  Words By:

In the summer of 2007, two Bates College students were taking a surfing trip up the west coast of South America. After a day of waves Wiley Todd and best friend Jon Stueber were talking about some of the sights they’d seen.

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Cotty’s unseen wave

May 02, 2012 |  Words By:

Devon local and Tiki team rider Andrew Cotton, heads off to Los Angeles for the XXL Awards, nominated in the Biggest Wave Award category for a monstrous wave in Ireland.

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NLAS EOIM

May 01, 2012 |  Words By:

NLAS EOIM is a social project powered by a bunch of friends located on four continents.

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Ben Haworth | Duffs Shoes promo

April 25, 2012 |  Words By:

Duffs Shoes helping British champion Ben Haworth to perpetuate his endless summer.

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OH DAWN X Libertine-Libertine pop-up shop

April 24, 2012 |  Words By:

To launch the high-summer co-lab with Libertine-libertine OH DAWN are opening a three day pop-up store and gallery here in Copenhagen. The entire collection plus all our handmade products, tees, photos etc. will be for sale.

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The innovations of Hobie

April 24, 2012 |  Words By:

To kick-off its new rotating exhibition series, Surfing Heritage Foundation is excited to announce the opening of the exhibition The Innovations of Hobie.

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Shark encounters and wobble boards

April 23, 2012 |  Words By:

The aeronautical descent into Sydney airport is the only time I get the flying jitters. You know the feeling, you have spent weeks, months, even years away from your closest friends, family, and for me favorite clients.

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