Surfing Life

ISSUE 371: WINTER

We greet you the way Kombumerri people—one of the nine Original clans in the Gold Coast region—have, and continue to do, since the Dreaming. Many moons after the first “”, this vast stretch of surfable “Sea Country” became the birthplace. Publishing surf tales (some taller than others) and high-voltage action shots is a saltlickin’ unquenchable thirst.

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