Founded in 2020
THE COASTLINE MAGAZINE
The Coastline Magazine is made up of a community of like-minded souls dedicated to enhancing your wave-riding and ocean-going pleasure, however you get your saltwater fix. We welcome all ocean users in an inclusive, aquatic community designed to inspire, entertain, educate and elevate your ocean lifestyle.
CHARACTERS
CULTURE
COASTLINE
WHO WE ARE
RUSSELL ORD
PHOTO EDITOR
On his path to becoming an internationally acclaimed photographer, Russell Ord has squinted down the lens at an intriguing mix of subjects over the years. He’s shot magazine covers of world-class surfers and helped deify celebrity chefs. He’s roamed with Uunguu Rangers in Outback Australia, island-hopped across tropical fantasylands and followed his photographic instincts through urban meccas. His ocean images are celebrated for simultaneously implying the cruelty and majesty of the sea.
TIM BAKER
EDITOR
Tim Baker is an author, journalist and storyteller specializing in surfing history and culture, working across a variety of media from books and magazines to film, video, theatre and digital. Tim is the best-selling author of Occy, High Surf, Bustin’ Down The Door, Surf For Your Life, Century of Surf and Surfari. He is a former editor of Tracks and Surfing Life magazines, and a two-time winner of the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award.
RACHAEL TILLY
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Rachael Tilly, originally from San Clemente California, is now based and living on the Gold Coast of Australia. A former WSL Longboard World Champion and recent university graduate, she spends her time traveling, competing, and surfing around the world. She’s passionate about the longboard industry and serves as the Women’s Surfers Representative on the WSL Longboard World Tour. As she continues to build experience as an athlete and using her sport management degree, she hopes to make a positive impact in the longboard and overall surf industry over the span of her career.
JARRASON BITTON
VIDEO PRODUCTION
Basing himself on the Gold Coast, Jarrason has established himself as resident content creator for one of the largest board stores within Australia and NZ. This has led him to unique opportunities to work with some of world’s biggest talents, from movie stars such as Jason Momoa to the world’s best surfers and surfboard shapers such as Beau Young and Nev Hyman. Expanding his talents outside of traditional media and working with all mediums, Jarrason is able to story tell in powerful and aesthetically pleasing ways.
WAYNE “RABBIT” BARTHOLOMEW
DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT
Rabbit is renowned as surfing’s greatest recontour and one of the architects of modern pro surfing. Rabbit won the 1978 world title, the world masters world titles in 1999 and the world grand masters title in 2003. He was Association of Surfing Professionals President from 1999 to 2009, ushering in the “Dream Tour” era, putting the world’s best surfers in the world’s best waves. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2009 for services to surfing and has been inducted into the Surfing Australia, Sports Australia and US Surfing Halls of Fame. His colourful life story was documented in his best-selling biography, Bustin’ Down The Door.
BEAU YOUNG
DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT
Beau is a surfer, shaper, designer, two-time-world longboard champion and singer songwriter who has always believed in a diverse range of boards for all conditions. Son of surf icon Nat Young, Beau is a lover of surf history and the many amazing shapes through the various time periods.
The Coastline Magazine – The Vision
Sharing the Stoke
We will do this by shining a light on Characters, Culture and Coastlines, as these are the elements that make up our lives and lifestyle.
These elements combine to engage, enthuse, educate, and ultimately to fill our lives with meaning and passion, often second only to our families.
We take our first swim, paddle, catch our first wave. Sometimes our first kiss and many of our formative experiences are connected in or on the water or on a journey to any of the amazing beaches we are fortunate enough to enjoy .
Browse within The Coastlines Magazine and you will find a wide ranging and holistic exploration of the elements with glimpses, views and deep dives into the Characters, their surfing lives, our Culture and how we live, and pieces to understand the unique character of each stretch of Coastline that only a local who loves the area can share and explain what their piece of paradise means to them.
Fresh content will be added regularly. If you have registered, we will update you on occasion about items of interest we hope are relevant to you. Waves are almost always free, as is our high-quality content written and photographed by legends of the Pen and Camera and surfing luminaries – renowned photographer Russell Ord, best-selling surf writer Tim Baker, world tour veterans Richie Lovett and Ricardo Christie, world longboard champs Beau Young and Rachael Tilley, surfing royalty Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew and iconic shaper Nev Hyman, to name a few of a dream team of passionate surfing thinkers and creators.
We invite and welcome contributions and opinions from all and will endeavour to publish these perspectives to share the stoke.
Do What you love, We Love what we do.
Sean Kennedy - Coastlines