Tracks

Turn to page 94 and you will see a re-print of Phil Jarratt’s classic Hawaiian story, ‘Half a Winter’s Tale’. One might be moved to ask why an editor would reprint a 7000 word story that first ran in the Jan 1977 issue of Tracks. The simple answer is

There can be no denying the phenomenon that is Robert Kelly Slater. Few will argue with the notion of greatest competitive surfer of all time, and a quick google search of the stats of Jordan, Tyson, Bolt, etc. will reveal a compelling argument for g

SURFER: SETH MONIZ PHOTO: RYAN MILLER These days the skyways above the Pipe lineup can rapidly turn into an aerial dog-fight as half a dozen or more drones compete for the God’s eye view of the frenzy below. Prolific long-lens shooter, Ryan Miller, h

A few hundred metres down the street from Jarvis Earle’s family home in fashionable Oak Park, Sydney is a wave known as Sandshoes or just plain ‘Shoes. The short, right-hand reef is home to a crew of devotees, who relish the punchy bowls tossed up by

Sometimes a particular wave has you under a kind of spell. If you know it’s breaking you feel a compulsion to be out there that’s almost impossible to ignore. For Asher Pacey, P-Pass is that kind of wave. Pacey has been to the world-class Melanesian

“Dude, we’re fucked,” says Webby. He looks ahead at the rough track running along the ridge line, then down at the scrub fires in the empty savannah plains below. He starts throwing off all the gear strapped to his rented 150cc trail-bike – camera ba

Between the late 80s and early 2000s Dean Wilmot did 14 back-to-back seasons on the North Shore as a lensman. Equipped with his trusty scuba fins, Deano earned a reputation as one of the best water-photographers in the world. In a pre-digital era whe

I didn’t really second-guess going to Hawaii. Honestly, I didn’t think about it at all, I just clicked ‘checkout’. Making it to the North Shore is something that feels like a right of passage for anyone in our industry but I guess a part of me always

‘Highway One’ and the Dark History of Barrenjoey Road Much of this 1977 film made by Steve Otton was shot while he was travelling the Pacific Highway, showing ‘Morning of the Earth’. ‘Highway One’ became a side-project in which he endeavoured to pres

It had been a long time since I read this, and to be honest I was a little nervous about revisiting something I’d done in my early pseudo-gonzo phase nearly 50 years ago. I wasn’t worried about its re-publication after so long opening up old wounds o

Surfing has been known in Bali since at least the 1930s. Perhaps the first person to ‘discover’ Indonesia’s surfing potential was the American photographer, Bob Koke, who travelled from Singapore to Bali by steamship in 1936, accompanied by Louise Ga

“We used to surf Day Street all the time…” However, majority rules, and the young up and coming surfers from the *Four Point Surf Club were over the relatively gentle beach break waves of Day Street. Even though we had the only surf club shack on the

Regarded as a little brother to the expansive pointbreak-laden North Coast, the South Coast of New South Wales has been an escape for Sydney surfers as long as foam has been blown to form the core of surfboards. The Boneyard, Sandon Point, Green Isla

MY FIRST OVERSEAS TRIP, BACK IN 1982, WAS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. I WAS OFF TO KAUAI, AS EXOTIC A PLACE AS YOU COULD IMAGINE FOR A BONDI SEWER RAT. My older (now late) first cousin, Steve Pitt, had cleverly managed to install himself there (by marrying

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The frenzied race to the bottom of Internet content and the narrowed focus of contest judging criteria have arguably homogenised what comes to mind when the words ‘professional surfer’ are said out loud. However, the fact the thruster design has rema