Amid the typical throng of summer surfers, there’s an unusual group of wave riders paddling alongside the Pismo pier. As fishers cast their lines from above and a humpback whale spouts in the distance ...

In a lot of ways The Pass at Byron Bay is the spiritual home of surf mat riding. The long right point, with its myriad of sections and moods, and pleasant, warm water, makes is a paradise for the ...

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Before the invention of the Morey Boogie Board in the early ‘70s, the surf mat was the vehicle of choice for the novice wave rider. Until that time, liquor stores along the coast rented these rubber ...

Mark Andrew Thomson, 58, has pleaded not guilty to assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He's today facing the second part of a hearing into the allegations he held former pro surfer ...

THIS COULD BE IT: the summer you put down the iPad and that fruity drink with the paper-umbrella garnish, relinquish your beach chair and hit the surf. We get it—if you've never ventured past the ...

In a recent conversation with Graeme Webster, the surfmat builder to the stars and owner of G-Mat Custom Surf Mats, he talked of the influence of Steven “Stevo” Halpin. Webster mentioned how Stevo had ...

He slides down the face of waves on Western Australia's southern coast on an empty wine bladder. The "goon bag" is half inflated and hashed with lines of wax. "It's legit," Mr McAnaulty says. "It's ...