"Stay happy and you'll be perfectly fine" - Jack Norris

Hand planes!

Chris Mathews from the Michael Reid Gallery is also a veteran eastern suburbs bodysurfer and handplane rider. I’d called him about interviewing photographer Tamara Dean for Photo Review magazine, and during the course of our chat, his passion for waveriding somehow came up. Weird, I know. I mentioned that by strange coincidence I had planned […]

Our new look

After more than a decade, we were long overdue for a RealSurf makeover. The new design aims for a less busy and more picture-centric look that will, I hope, play nicely with phones and tablets, while also loading a bit quicker overall. If you encounter any glitches or would like me to restore something that […]

75th Anniversary of the end of WW2

This weekend marks the 75th Anniversary of the end of WW 2 with Victory in the Pacific. Spare a moment on VP Day 15 August to refect on the sacrifices made between 1939 – the start of the war in Europe – and the end of the war in the Pacific with the unconditional surrender […]

Check this out surfers!

Hello Friends, Just had to share this from Twitter because I knew as surfers, you’d really appreciate it! Wow! A truly spectacular timelapse video of low level inversion fog acting like the sea! Taken in Ain region, France, on the first day of 2020. Video sent to us by Brice Volo. Posted with permission. pic.twitter.com/O4IG8krQoR […]

Surfrider News: International Surfing Day

FANTASTIC NEWS that Bennett Surfboards (Barry and Greg pictured below) will be displaying a dozen of their finest creations over the six and a half decades of the shapeshop to help Surfrider Foundation celebrate International Surfing Day 2019! One week only from this weekend at Harbord Diggers- if ya miss it you’ll kick yourself! #surfrideraus […]

How good is this?

Great call by Barton Lynch on this magic moment from the Margaret River Pro as Conner Coffin shares a wave with some locals. https://twitter.com/i/status/1134657505571745792

Hands Across the Sand on Sat 11 May

SATURDAY 11 MAY – 3PM – MANLY BEACH HANDS ACROSS THE SAND EVENT Join Ocean Conservation Groups Save Our Coast- Hands Across The Sand, Surfrider Foundation Northern Beaches, SO Manly and Living Ocean to make a stand against the 3D seismic testing and gas exploration proposed for the Sydney Basin. A 1000 sq km of […]