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nathan fletcher jumping out of a helicopter with a surfboard doing an acid drop in film heavy water

28 Jun, 2019

Heavy Water and Helicopters: Nathan Fletcher’s Acid Drop

By Mat Arney

Harrison's Picks

Surf Simply coach Harrison picks his favorite surf edits of the week.

illustration of a surfer and pig style longboard from the 1950s by clara jonas

19 Jun, 2019

History of Surfboard Design: Dale Velzy and The Pig

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

a memeber of cape town's shark spotters crew sat overlooking a beach, photographed by Sean Geer

28 May, 2019

Shark Spotters: Man and Machine

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

illustration depicting the history of surfboard design in a chronological 'evolution of man' style timeline, from pre-contact polynesian surfboards through to a current contemporary high performance shortboard.

20 May, 2019

The History of Surfboard Design

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

music academic timothy cooley playing a ukelele on the beach

14 May, 2019

Surfing About Music

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

hawaiian surfer sunny garcia about to paddle out at banzai pipeline, north shore, oahu

07 May, 2019

Surfers and Suicide: Sunny Shines a Spotlight on Men’s Mental Health

By Mat Arney

Our most popular artlices

22 Mar, 2015

Volume To Weight Ratios

By Harry Knight

31 Jan, 2015

A Surfboard Made Of Wood: The James Otter Interview

By Mat Arney

3 Ways To Hit The Lip

10 Apr, 2012

3 Ways To Hit The Lip

By Ru Hill

10 Aug, 2016

How a Surfboard Works

By Harry Knight

in-water photograph of surfer asher king hanging heels over the nose of a longboard taken from under the board by surf photographer callum morse

02 May, 2019

Surf Simply Interviews: Callum Morse

By Mat Arney

a wave braking at Ouakam in front of the mosque, dakar, senegal. photographed by Andy Grainger

29 Apr, 2019

Departure Gate: Dakar, Senegal

By Mat Arney

a child looking over a wall at a breaking wave at punta de lobos, by Philip Souther

04 Apr, 2019

Punta de Lobos: Forever Free

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

underwater photographer ben thouard at work beneath the surface n tahiti, taking a photo of the land through the back of a breaking wave

27 Mar, 2019

Land, Water, Surface

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

a surfer riding a wave at backdoor, north shore of oahu, hawaii, photographed with a long exposure by dan bielich

09 Mar, 2019

Blurring The Lines: Dan Bielich Gallery

By Mat Arney

06 Mar, 2019

Marine Plastic Art: The Steve McPherson Interview

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

vintage photograph of a group of surfers at one of the first surf contests in spain

25 Feb, 2019

Daniel Esparza and the History of Surfing in Spain

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

south african surf author john mccarthy surfing in hawaii

14 Feb, 2019

The Sexy Ugly Beautifuls

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

a colour wheel of plastic litter collected from a beach

10 Feb, 2019

The Power of Grassroots Surf Environmentalism

By Mat Arney

surfer turning on a wave in front of a snow covered mountain in iceland, photographed by elli thor magnussen

07 Feb, 2019

Images of Iceland: The Elli Thor Magnussen Interview

By Mat Arney

looking sideways action sports podcast presenter matt barr

31 Jan, 2019

Looking Sideways: The Matt Barr Interview

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

jamaican surfer imani wilmot riding a wave at bull bay, kingston, still from the film surf girls jamaica

22 Jan, 2019

Surf Girls Jamaica: The Sea Empowers

By Mat Arney

surfer in latvia watching a wave peak in front of them

07 Jan, 2019

Baltic Sea Surfing: A Community of Surfers in Latvia

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

portrait of brazilian big wave surfer maya gabeira by vitor estrelinha

30 Dec, 2018

Resurfacing: Maya Gabeira’s Journey to A Guinness World Record

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

ocean beach san francisco photographed by nate lawrence for the city surf project book

26 Dec, 2018

City Surf

By Mat Arney

Surfing: 1778 – Today by Jim Heimann

15 Dec, 2018

Surf Books for Surf Geeks

By Mat Arney

a light aircraft flies past snow covered mountains in new zealand's fiordland national park, photographed by dan kerins

10 Dec, 2018

When the Land was Godless and Free

By Dan Kerins

a surfer sits waiting for a wave in front of the rising sun in japan

26 Nov, 2018

The Rising Sun: Surf Tourism Development in Miyazaki, Japan

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

children walking back to their village in the mentawaii islands in indonesia carrying a bucket of water, photographed for surf aid international by duncan macfarlane

12 Nov, 2018

Behind the Palms: The Birth of SurfAid

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

waves breaking at the famous spanish surf spot at mundaka, photographed by Michal Pelka

06 Nov, 2018

The Freight Train: A Celebration of Mundaka

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

kelly kingston the founder of share the stoke foundation with a group of children during a project trip

30 Oct, 2018

The Positive Power of Surfing: Share The Stoke Foundation

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

filmmaker danielle ryan diving with sea turtles

14 Oct, 2018

The Map to Paradise

By Kim Feldmann de Britto

a no entry sign with a stencil graffiti of a surfer, and the sea in the background

03 Oct, 2018

Locals Only? California’s Beach Access For All, Not Just The Affluent

By Mat Arney

Filipe Toledo, Carissa Moore, Julian Wilson, Stephanie Gilmore, Kelly Slater, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Adrian Buchan and Lakey Peterson at the Surf Ranch. WSL / KELLY CESTARI

08 Sep, 2018

Fair Play on Equal Pay

By Mat Arney