Peter Jovic
Wave of the Day: Jed Mattinson navigating a warping Box

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Jack O'Neill // March 27, 1923 - June 2, 2017

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Surf Lakes are coming

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Ten years since the Pasha Bulker Storm

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As good as it gets - video

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Adopt a surf break, and save your local

Ben Matson
Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Local custodians of the South Australian Mid Coast Surfing Reserve have begun a new scheme where members of the public can look after individual surf breaks along the reserve.

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Icaro Ronchi Indonesia - video

Craig Brokensha
Tuesday, 6 June 2017

Icaro Ronchi scoring all over Indonesia this 2017 season.

Surfing Margaret River
Wave of the Day: WA Day comes to play
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In the wake of SurfStitch, in the shadow of Amazon

Brad Bricknell
Monday, 5 June 2017

SurfStitch is on the slide, Amazon is on the rise: What will become of the surf industry in between?

Cameron Staunton
Wave of the Day: Evan Faulks in the drivers seat
Josh Bystrom
Wave of the Day: Asher Pacey dragging the unconventional anchor
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Jack O'Neill // March 27, 1923 - June 2, 2017

Saturday, 3 June 2017

Jack O’Neill, surfer, ocean lover, boating enthusiast, wetsuit pioneer, balloonist, and founder of the iconic worldwide surf company O’Neill, has passed away in Santa Cruz, California, of natural causes at the age of 94.

Chris Peel
Wave of the Day: Screeching into the weekend
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Spider with a weird penis named after Mick Fanning

Molly Frankham
Friday, 2 June 2017

Mick says he's honoured to be named after a newly discovered spider with "quite different genitalia".

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Surf like Mick Fanning! - video

Stu Nettle
Friday, 2 June 2017

...or have Mick Fanning surf like you.

Jordan Godley
Wave of the Day: The hypnotic power of silken perfection

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