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A bad call on an ocean swim puts a surfer's retirement plans on the rocks. Written by Sean Murphy.
World record holder, surf coach and mental health advocate Blakey Johnston is on course to ride 1,000 waves in the month of ...
In the Tracks 50th anniversary issue, revered writer and former Tracks editor, Phil Jarratt, casts a discerning eye over the mercantile evolution of surfing, charting its course from a humble, cottage ...
As a surfing parent, it doesn’t get any better than trading tubes with your son/daughter. It’s the type of moments that make everything worth it and leaves memories etched in our surfing brains ...
Here is an excerpt from John Ogden’s feature in Issue 585- ‘Grajagan- The Tiger’s Lair ’. “During the Californian-led surfing boom in the 1960s, surfers enjoyed an anti-establishment status not unlike ...
Australian surfers love an out-of-control rebel. Particularly if they surf exceedingly well. We admire their free spirited, devil-may-care approach to life; both in the water and on the land. They do ...
Mark Healey always wanted an adventurer’s life that revolved around fun stuff like riding big waves, spearfishing and hunting wild boars. While Healey’s bold feats earned him handsome sponsorship in ...
Adrian Taco Kovacic is a carpenter and part-time pro surfer from Sydney’s east. When not competing in regional QS events he likes to go out on days no-one else wants any part of. His wild exploits ...
The surf community will come together this Saturday 5 July at Palm Beach on Sydney’s Northern Beaches to honour and celebrate ...
Lest we forget Matt Biolos is an artist and a proven marketing genius. He could see the missing teeth in the grinning surf ...
If only Kelly Slater, who was in the Oscar’s crowd, had taken his moment and leapt to the stage to intervene before Will Smith landed a wildly swung slap on the ever-grinning face of Chris Rock.
A selection of twelve short and long form stories written for Tracks over the last three years; including Dark Lineage, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, brief reminiscences, and a series of film ...