#371 - Winter 2024

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Issue 371: Winter
Jingi wahlu? [Hi, how are you?] 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 “Jingi wahlu”, this vast stretch of surfable “Sea
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With Doug “Claw” Warbrick
Surfing Life: After more than 50 years in surf business, do you see a positive or bleak future for the industry? Doug Warbrick: Well, I see a mix of both. There are positive elements right now and negative overlays and underlays. I think there are q
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The Lineup
Lystra, a First Nations multi-award-winning writer, has a background in design and education. She won the Ethel Turner Prize, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, and the Black & Write Fellowship. Lystra shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Litera
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Contributors
Kate AllmanJohn AndrewsTim BakerJackson BarronWill BendixTessa BerkeleyRussell BierkeChris BinnsMurray BourtonDaniel BrennanBrad BricknellMichael CiaramellaLiz ClarkNoah CohanHayden CoxRicky DannAndy DavisKeiran DeckRambo EstradaJaymie FaberSosefina
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EDITORIAL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Lystra Rose EDITOR-AT-LARGE: Chris Coté SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Andrew Shield STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/WRITER: Travis Johnson STAFF WRITER: Tessa Berkeley OPERATIONS PUBLISHER: Ray Bisschop ADMINISTRATION: Angela Thompson P
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The Retirement Asterisk
The last time Kelly Slater *retired, he went to Hollywood and wrestled a giant squid in a cave off the coast of Malibu. Kelly Slater’s Baywatch career, in the recurring role of Jimmy Slade, ended in 1993 after 27 episodes (a couple of seasons) of the
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Framed
When the first big swell of the year hits, anticipation builds, sickies are thrown, life plans are shelved, and a swarm of pros and punters descend on the Superbank to feast on a veritable buffet of waves. While competition for rides can be fierce, o
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Laidback Lombok
Protagonists: Micah “Mics” Margieson and Blake “Neka” Neka, two Aussie aerialists, had the perfect platonic meet-cute. This is the kind of ocean-themed bromance-cum-gromcom they’d make into movies and market as T.S.S. (True Surf Stories). Except, eve
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Ledges Be Thrown
With a string of classy successes, including the recent victory at Snapper Rocks, where she scored a perfect ten and then won the event, Erin Brooks may be the next goofy-footed world champion. We catch-up with the Texan-born Canadian to learn what’s
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Surfing The Stratosphere
Before Fingal Head shredder, Dane Henry, packs his green-and-gold Irukandji kit to compete at El Salvador, we chin-wag with the co-captain of the 2024 Australian Junior Surfing squad about school, surf, and what’s helping him throw more spray. Two w
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Surfing, A Timeless Realm
Snapper Rocks’ comeback tour: pinned as one of next year’s World Tour stops, we thought we’d rewind the clock 23 years. This is a forced reunion with the “2001” versions of Fanning, Parko, Occy, Egan, Dingo, plus more. Sometimes, looking back clears
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Severed Heads
For the second time in Olympic history, surfing medals are up for grabs. The French Olympic committee’s grand gesture to the surfing world is the world-infamous left, Teahupo‘o, in Tahiti, named as the exclusive venue for competition. Olympic officia
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Tertiary Tubes 101
The barrel. The tube. The pit. The green room. It’s the holy grail of this beautiful dance we call surfing, and everyone’s got a different name for it. A hole. A cave. A nugget. A slab. They’re the things that make us travel to far-flung corners of t
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Ancient Material, Modern Technology
Wooden surfboard manufacturing isn’t new to surfing. First Nations people around the globe, most notably the nation of Hawai‘i, have been riding them for thousands of years. When the Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku came to Australia, in 1914, for a swimmin
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Winter Motivation Feels The Cold; The Wetsuit’s A Cocoon. In Six Months, I’ll Spread My Wings. Thankful, For The Struggle Of June.
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Lose Time To Escape Yourself
SIGNED BY DANIEL BROAD A mysterious letter arrives for Michael, enshrined with three secretive and ancient symbols that would forever change his life. The letter informs Michael that he is assigned a sacred mission to walk a forbidden bridge, but fi

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