"To cut this short, if I was to get back to fins I knew it’d have to be cathartic, reflective, maybe chance to discover stuff back through the years that I didn’t figure at the time. Yep, a key also being no compromise." Photo Ted Grambeau

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 1 day ago

HELLO OLD FRIEND

FROM SW414: DEREK HYND’S LIFE ON FINS

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The legend of boog... the great Mike Stewart. Photo Andrew Chisholm

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 3 days ago

THE GOAT OF BOOG

FROM SW407: THE MIKE STEWART INTERVIEW… “OPEN-MINDEDNESS. EAT YOUR EGO. HAVE FUN. ENJOY LIFE.”

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Morgs grabs his moment. Photo Jordan Godley

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 1 month ago

TWO HANDS

FROM SW414: “THE SUN’S STILL GOING TO RISE TOMORROW. STAYING TRUE TO YOURSELF IS THE MAIN THING.”

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Ben Howard, frontside B-double. Photo Josh Tabone

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 2 months ago

I DRIVE A TRUCK

FROM SW412: BEN HOWARD’S LONG HAUL 2020

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The Shaman in his natural form. Locked in at Tombies. Photo Mike Riley

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 3 months ago

THE VORTEX SHAMAN

FROM SW412: VAUGHAN BLAKEY’S FIRESIDE INTERVIEW WITH JACK ROBINSON

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Post wave No. 2. Photo Matt Dunbar

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 3 months ago

TWO WAVES WITH RUSS

RUSS BIERKE: NO PEAHI, NO MAVERICKS, NO WORRIES

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Bad uncle. Photo SA Rips

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 3 months ago

THIRD RUN

FROM SW 412: “I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THIS EYEBALL, LIKE A LAWN BOWL, IT WAS BLACK OR… PURPLE… JUST LIKE THE DEVIL’S EYE.”

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Justine Dupont, Peahi... the shot after the SW413 cover. Photo Fred Pompermayer

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 3 months ago

ALLEZ JUSTINE

FROM SW 414: “IN THE END THE WAVE DECIDES. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE READY WHEN IT DOES.”

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Encaustic wax transfer print of Angourie Point. By Duncan Macfarlane

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 3 months ago

DIRRUNGAN

FROM SW414: A WELCOME TO YAEGL COUNTRY

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No. 1002-2014 (detail), oil on canvas and wood. By Wolfgang Bloch

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 6 months ago

THE BRIGADOON OF SAND POINTS

FROM SW413: “IT TOOK ME AN HOUR TO WALK OUT THERE… AND A MONTH TO WALK BACK.”

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Craig Anderson, deep in Mirning Country. Photo SA Rips

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 8 months ago

YERRLADA

FROM SW413: UNCLE BUNNA LAWRIE TALKS MIRNING COUNTRY

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Laughing with Parko... and at him. Photo John Respondek

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 8 months ago

PARKO, ROASTED AND TOASTED

FROM SW401: JOEL’S MATES COULDN’T WAIT TO TELL THESE STORIES

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Mike Lavers, fighting the draw from the Deadman's reef. Photo Guy Williment

By Sean Doherty   POSTED: 9 months ago

DEADLORDS

SW412 EXCERPT: NICK CARROLL’S 10,000 WORD SYDNEY STORM EPIC

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