Making Surfboards in All Shapes and Sizes By Natalie Jacobs Tucked away in an alley, covered on nearly all sides by bars featuring local craft brews, there is a warehouse full of surfboard shapers. With five shaping bays and a…
Sinai Mejias is from Caracas, Venezuela and now lives on Oz’s Gold Coast. By making surfboard covers and running a DIY and hobby-based blog, she has managed to combine her background with her many loves: friends, family and creating. Her light-hearted…
Tofino is a small, isolated town on Vancouver Island. While it’s a popular surf and vacation destination in the summer, in the winter months the dropping number of visitors are replaced by the rise of post-delivered Employment Insurance cheques. Starting…
Hailing from Encinitas, CA, Shelby Ling is an artist in many mediums, including wetsuit repair. As an apprentice at Swell Stuff Surf Shop in Leucadia, she’s seen suits in every manner of condition. Shelby has kindly offered up these pointers…
The guys from SeventhWave Wetsuits out of New Zealand put together this informative article about neoprene, explaining it’s properties, history, and various types used in wetsuits these days. We feel it is important to get yourself educated before heading to…
This year’s Lowers WCT event featured what many are calling the most high performance surfing ever seen in a contest. With a solid South swell on tap for the final days of the event, check out the below videos to…