Learn the key 4 levels of surfing

My passion for photography started when I was 15, my close friend Jonno Merkl was inspiring me constantly with his work behind the lens.

Jim was the first New Zealand photographer to make the finals of the prestigious ‘Follow the Light’ international surf photography awards in 2013

I have been hanging the flip flops in South Florida for the last few decades. Living in a coastal community that has year round warm temperatures and great ocean visibility provides me the opportunity year round to harness its beauty. I’ve always had a passion for photography and the ocean.

The surfing bug can be a cruel and insidious sickness.

Since I was introduced to the ocean and a bodyboard, I was utterly obsessed with the sea; all my free time was spent submerged in water, no matter the conditions.

Finn Whitla 2001 began building surfboards for Maurice Cole in 2001.

Three-hundred and eighty-odd days of unforgiving sun, torrential rain, unwavering neglect, and the coastlines 3/2 premium steamer is battling on.

Warren Keelan, a seascape and ocean photographer living on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Warren spends most of his days alongside or within the ocean, interpreting what I see through the medium of digital photography.

Kim Feast: It is too easy to list accomplishments. What is more difficult is to define the character required to achieve such things. With a diverse range of skills across photography, film, surfing and design Kim Feast is hard to pin down.

The Mentawais is firing and there’s barely anyone there to surf it. So who are the surfers lucky enough to be scoring?

Local production, quality materials, workmanship and distribution – Here’s why S-Lab’s mantra is “For the creators”

A quality education and preparation for the real world beyond school is now within Cooee

The great diversity of surf craft we enjoy today is the result of the evolutionary leaps of an eclectic cast of great surfboard innovators

Photographer Russell Ord has built a life around the ocean and taking extraordinary risks in pursuit of his passion

The history of surfing is dotted with several great acts of rebellion that challenged the status quo of the time.

Forget Bitcoin, surfboards have become the new currency of cancer fundraisers as surfing communities rally to look after their own.

One surf writer’s journey to the Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival and the humbling life lessons contained there in

From news hound to surf movie maestro to your friendly neighbourhood surfboard salesman, John Gordon has led a colourful surfing life defined by telling great yarns

This Mother’s Day, forget the fluffy slippers and breakfast in bed. Give mum a wave, the day off to go surfing, or even a new board