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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 ...
The world’s largest female surfing event returns to Kingscliff Beach this weekend. Seas The Day Festival, designed to celebrate women in our sport, attracts crowds in the thousands and is set to ...
Pauline Menczer has become an inspiration to many, overcoming sexism, homophobia, crippling arthritis and almost no sponsorship to win the ASP World Surfing Championship in 1993. Known for her ...
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by Destination NSW and proudly endorsed by Tracks Magazine. Newcastle, the steel city, in NSW is home to the working class Australian, the Newy Knights and one ...
Last night Ben Jackson took home the prize for Surf Photo of the Year, presented by Tracks, at the Australian Surfing Awards. When I called him this morning to find out how he was feeling after taking ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...