THE LUCKIEST SURFERS IN THE WORLD

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

Tim Baker 5/21/21 Tim Baker 5/21/21

WRITE OF WAVES

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

Tim Baker 3/15/21 Tim Baker 3/15/21

CITY TO SURF

While it only takes about 25 minutes to drive from Melbourne’s CBD to the UrbnSurf wave park, it’s been almost a 10-year journey to realise its founder’s audacious vision

Russell Ord 2/21/21 Russell Ord 2/21/21

Margaret River

Summer swell hits massive proportions.

Tim Baker 2/1/21 Tim Baker 2/1/21

AN AUSSIE’S WINTER IN OLD BLIGHTY

Beau Young managed to find some waves to himself and a special beauty in a surf trip to the UK in the time of COVID

Tim Baker 9/2/20 Tim Baker 9/2/20

THE RIPPLE EFFECT

A weekend at Yeppoon reveals the wonder of Surf Lakes’ “5 Waves” technology on an old beef cattle farm, and the rewards and perils of chasing an improbable dream

Tim Baker 8/17/20 Tim Baker 8/17/20

POLE POSITION

Tomek Niewiadomski is a Polish surfer who found himself at the Kandui Resort in the Mentawai Islands at the start of the great COVID-19 Pandemic and simply decided to stay.

Russell Ord 8/13/20 Russell Ord 8/13/20

THE WINTER OF A DISLOCATION

A planned father/son surf trip for photographer Russell Ord delivers some photographic gold but one ill-timed late drop brings it to a abrupt end

Tim Baker 8/4/20 Tim Baker 8/4/20

LOCKED DOWN IN PARADISE

For the crew at the Kandui Resort in the Mentawai Islands, lockdown has meant months of empty waves and the chance to slow down and appreciate their incredible surroundings. We asked manager Ray Wilcoxen, aka All Day Ray, what it’s been like …