Last weekend we rounded out our summer series with an evening of surf films at the Wavelength Drive-In. Heading up the bill was The Lost Track New Zealand presented by needessentials, a new film following Torren Martyn and Ishka Folkwell on a four-month trip traversing the land of the long white cloud on a pair […]
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The Definitive Guide To Raglan, New Zealand- One Of The Southern Hemisphere’s Best Surf Towns
“The rides so long it’s ridiculous” explains Bruce Brown, as Robert August trims along a sumptuous looking wall in Chapter 17 of The Endless Summer. “You go out surfing for the day at Raglan and you get two rides,” he continues “one after breakfast and one after lunch. If you try for three you starve […]
Haz & Gaz In New Zealand
The waves in New Zealand look ridiculously good, clips of it always make me think that that’s how England would probably look if we had decent waves: coves with big towering cliffs, with solid sized wedging barrels tucked into the corners. Allow Garrett Parkes and Harry Bryant to guide you along its marvellous coastline in this […]
These Waters- A New Zealand Surf Film
“Filmed over the past winter in surf spots all over New Zealand. The idea behind all of this was to document winter through my eyes, the road trips, the cold weather, the people. No pro surfers in this clip, just the frothiest south islanders you’ll ever meet. To put it lightly it’s been an experience […]
The Coromandel-New Zealand
If this doesn’t make you want to pack your bags and set sail for the land of incredible surf, barrel upon barrel, chances to swim alongside wild Orca and endless adventures in and out the water, then God knows what will? This GoPro video has got me planning another English winter escape… Corrr-omandel!
Campbell Surfs J-Bay: New Korev rider prepares for the World Qualifying Series
You kind of need a GPS to keep track of Lucy Campbell, an English rose and professional surfer with Championship Tour ambitions. She’s been chasing swells non-stop for the last few years, switching neoprene for bikini’s between the rugged coasts of Scotland and Ireland and Indo’s glassy reef-breaks. Having learnt to surf at the age […]
A New Photobook By Victor Gonzalez- Mas Que Mar
In it’s early days surf photography set out to capture a manoeuvre. The framing was tight and the compositions simple. Since then it has expanded, drawing heavily on influences from other areas of photography, to become a whole sub-genre in itself with much broader aims. Surf images now set out to explore the landscape and […]
William Aliotti #INDONESIA
It’s been a heck of a year for William Aliotti. Nicaragua, New Zealand, Fiji, Ireland, Maldives, Russia, United Kingdom (and of course France), the young Caribbean surfer sure added a couple thousands miles to his Frequent Flyer card.
Postcards from Mexico: on the road to La Saladita
The bougainvillaea is in bloom and we pass field after field of mango, avocado and coconut trees on the hot road south to Saladita. The steep hills are dotted with papaya and behind the distant mountains a fire rages, staining the sky orange and acrid brown. Off the main drag and we bounce down the cobbled […]
The Alternative G7: Our Guide To The Best Events Happening Around The Global Summit
This weekend sees leaders of seven of the world’s economic superpowers convene at sunny Carbis Bay in St Ives for the G7 Summit. Conversations will take place on a range of topics, with the global response to Coronavirus, climate change and international trade all coming high on the agenda. While all the official proceedings will […]
The Stories Of Martin Daly’s Most Exciting Surf Discoveries
In current times, it’s hard to resist feeling a nostalgia for the heady days of global surf travel. So, we’re encouraging you to indulge it enthusiastically with our brand new series of discovery stories from some of the world’s most prolific surf explorers, running all this winter here on the Wavelengthmag.com We’re kicking things off […]
The Real Stories Behind The Internet’s Most Viral Surf Shots – Part II
A little while back we set out on a quest to uncover some of the stories behind the internet’s most widely shared surf shots. In the process of our digital sleuthery we discovered all sorts of intriguing tales of doctored lineups, forgotten surf trips, legendary characters and even an innovative approach to managing surf tourism. […]
Introducing: The Wavelength Surf Fest; An Evening Of Surf Cinema From The Cliffs Of Watergate Bay
Over the last 9 weeks, we’ve had a blast welcoming thousands of you along to our summer of drive-in cinema for cult classics from the clifftops of Cornwall. To celebrate the end of an excellent run, we’re kicking off our final weekend with a special evening of surf cinema on Friday 4th September. Alongside the […]
Endless Summer Cameos: What Happened Next?
We’re screening your favourite surf films all summer long from the clifftops of Cornwall at the Wavelength Drive-In Cinema. Get your tickets for Endless Summer and Endless Summer II here Surf history anoraks will be well versed in the life and times of many the of film’s stars and surf culture high priests, like Miklos Sandor […]
Behind The Scenes On The Endless Summer; The Real Story Behind The Greatest Surf Movie Ever Made
[We’re excited to announce we’ll be showing The Endless Summer and The Endless Summer II at the Wavelength drive-in cinema, overlooking Watergate Bay, on the 15th and 22nd of August respectively. Get your tickets here.] In the early 1960s, films featuring surfing were either niche, all-action affairs or cheesy mainstream blockbusters that felt wholly unrepresentative […]
How A Group Of Mancunian Factory Workers Shaped The British Surf Experience
[This article originally appeared in Volume 256. Subscibe to Wavelength now to never miss an issue.] On a gloomy day in 1932 a defiant group of young factory workers, dressed in old army shorts and worn work boots, marched up a steep moorland ridge just outside of Manchester. Behind them, a breathless huddle of policemen struggled to […]
The Corona Court Of Public Shaming Is In Session; Careful – You Could Be Next
There was a time when it looked like the Coronavirus crisis might actually bring us together. Commentators predicted that a shared traumatic experience could be just the ticket for beginning to heal some of our deep societal divisions. And there have been a few examples of behaviour that makes the heart sing. Like the inspiring […]
Know When To Go: The Wavelength Guide To Surf Seasons Around The World
As the murky depths of winter envelope us here in Europe, thoughts naturally turn to overseas surf missions. Perhaps you’ve already got a destination or month in mind, or perhaps you’re still very much in the spin the globe stage of planning. Either way, we’re here to help with this guide to swell seasons at […]
Only The Simplest Of Pleasures; Catching Up With Torren Martyn
It’s a cold afternoon in mid-November and I’m sat in a busy cafe, on a nondescript industrial estate on the outskirts of Plymouth. Opposite me, wearing glasses and a thick puffer coat is Torren Martyn, the wirey, 29-year-old surfer from Byron Bay who’s been setting the surfing world alight over the last half-decade with a […]
The Best Apps For Your Euro Surf Road Trip
Over the last few years hitting the open road in a beat-up van with a manicured interior, while all abandoning the mod cons and tech the rest of us rely on has become the travel mode of choice for the holier-than-thou millennial And we’d be ever so happy for these tech-free roamers- probably lost somewhere in […]
How To: Make It As A Surf Filmer In 2019 – With Seth Hughes
Last month we put together a list of 6 tips for aspiring surf photographers, covering both ways to improve your work and advice on how to eek a living out of it. Most of the tips applied to surf filmmaking as well, however, for a fuller perspective than a stills-lover could provide, this week we […]
Surf Food Fads: Are You Being Lied To?
Surfing has come a long way since 4 x World Champion Mark Richards’ competition day nutrition routine involved a giant slab of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. And anybody who has paddled out shortly after being unable to walk past that petrol station counter top pasty warmer will testify that some foods should certainly be avoided before – and […]
Listen: Dog Marsh on Callinan, Fioravanti, Morais & 2019 Rookies
Richard ‘Dog’ Marsh is a former Top 10 WCT pro turned coach. You’ve probably seen him on the WSL’s live broadcast beside young charges such as Ryan Callinan, Fred Morais and Leo Fioravanti (he’s the short, kinda intense, kinda naughty looking man with the clipboard), or maybe heard him in the commentary booth giving his own insights to […]
The Faroe Islands Is An Adventure Sports Paradise, And It’s All Down To Their History
The Faroe Islands is an archipelago, made up of eighteen islands, which sits halfway between Iceland and Norway. The dramatic land masses rise up from the deep blue hues of the frigid North Atlantic to form some of the most stunning scenery on earth. Rivers snake their way down lush green mountain sides, brightly coloured […]
Smooth Movers Returns To Cornwall This Weekend
Smooth Movers is back! The U.K.’s finest exhibit of traditional surfing, combined with a showcase of music, art and really cold beer is about to unfold again before your eyes. Here’s everything you need to know: The event will kick off on Friday 14th at 1400 with the ‘Move‘ exhibition, run from the ‘Rockpool Bar […]
Dozens Donate To Young Vanuatu Surfer After Image Of Board Held Together With Duct-Tape Goes Viral
You don’t have to look far to be bombarded with the professed negative impacts of social media. However, occasionally a story pops up that shows the immense good that can occur when human kindness and global connectivity combine. Earlier this month the The Vanuatu Surfing Association posted a picture of Kaltaliu Kalotiti, a young surfer from the […]
15 Year Old Caroline Marks: Youngest Person Ever To Qualify For Championship Tour
Caroline Marks has officially qualified for the Championship tour, making her the youngest person ever to qualify for the CT and the only new face among the Women’s CT for 2018. Since Marks burst on the scene she’s been breaking records: she is the youngest NSSA Open Girls National Champion and is the youngest surfer ever […]
Wanted: Couple Needed To Run Private French Surf Island
Off the coast of Brittany sits a small island called Quéménès. It is barely inhabited, playing host to only a small farm which houses just one family. Thanks to its position, the island is frequently battered by Atlantic swells, but due to violent currents around its coastline, the surf is almost inaccessible. However in the […]
London Surf / Film Festival 2017 Line Up Announced!
This year’s epic programme of premieres award winning features and underground projects from the world’s best showcases the multi-layered world of waveriding, exploring our salt water realm and the diverse characters that inhabit it with documentaries to inspire, travelogues to stir up the wanderlust and surfing to blow minds. Accompanied by Q+A’s with some of the world’s […]
Welcome to Whitby, Yorkshire
Forget the stereotypes, Yorkshire isn’t all flat caps, whippets and ‘ee by gums,’ for over here in the small coastal town of Whitby, things have developed in relative isolation and therefore have a distinct character more in common with Scandinavia than say, Leeds. Surrounded on three sides by the spectacular North Yorkshire Moors National Park, […]
How Drinking Beer Can Save The Worlds Beaches
Experts say that as many as two thirds of the world’s beaches are currently retreating, as the sand supply that feeds them becomes vastly depleted. Whilst urban sprawl and rising sea levels play a part, the biggest threat to beaches is the extraction of sand for a variety of industrial uses. We’ve seen it on […]
Community Crowdfund To Save Local Surf Shop From Closing
A campaign launched to help out the owner of Saltcity, a popular indy surf shop in Exeter has managed to raise five grand in just nine days. The campaign kicked off after the owner of the last surf shop in Exeter, Richard Monk, announced on Facebook that he was going to be forced to sell his […]
Last bid to rescue Bournemouth’s reef sinks
The controversial artificial reef in Bournemouth has finally sunk beyond repair after a last chance to save it has been ditched. The £3.2million reef that was made up of sandbags has been beset with problems since its launch in 2009. The area was even declared a potential death trap and closed to the public after it was found to […]
Sister Act
Sam Lamiroy, who we can confirm is none of these, just charming, recently spent a wonderful week in the Algarve, with the gang from the Portugal Surf Experience, coaching six amazing girls. What was really interesting was the eclectic, and electric, mix of ages, surfing experience and socio cultural backgrounds. He posed three questions to […]
World Champs to Headline Longboard Surfing Open
The Australian Longboard Surfing Open is a five day celebration of the surfing lifestyle held in March each year in the warm, wave rich waters of Kingscliff on the NSW Tweed Coast. Over the years it has been an excuse to get together with other like minded surfers from around Australia, Asia, New Zealand, Europe […]
Lemonyip Livin’
Warning this trailer will make you want to fly to the other side of the world.
The Grom Files – Finn Gamblin
We’re back with a fresh new from file, this week first one is Finn Gamblin from Tynemouth. Name: Finn Gamblin Age: 12 Instagram / Twitter: Finn_Gamblin Local break: Tynemouth Longsands When did you first start surfing: When I was 6 years old at Tynemouth it was 4ft with my dad How did you get into […]
Royal Enfield and Wavelength Present the Beach Hopper
Wavelength HQ are stoked to announce that ahead of the Spring Classic Festival, we’re partnering with Royal Enfield to celebrate their 120 year anniversary along with our own 40th year around the sun by building the ultimate bike for surfers. Royal Enfield makes the most custom-friendly motorcycles in the world, making builds that require a degree in motorcycle engineering […]