Some handy signs it’s high time for a new surfboard.

You’re currently surfing on a SUP. For Neptune’s sakes, ride any board you damn well want but a SUP.

Rock launches.

Many rock launches are little more than balancing on slightly, slippery smooth stones, or perhaps a spiky little reef or two before you reach water deep enough to paddle out in without inadvertantly sterilising yourself on a protruding pinnacle of rock.

Locals versus Localism (and why it’s lame).

Authoritarianism. Fascism. Totalitarianism. Communism. Alcoholism. Pessimism (and for that matter, sparkly-eyed unbridled optimism). Acne. Yup, you get the point, right? This author is seldom a fan of any  “ism”. The ‘ism of just about most things often indicate some force, movement, or crackpot ideology has unfortunately gone astray and far surpassed the draconian threshold. So READ MORE

The Trident DIY Surf Speak Kit.

“heat commentaries tend to be overfilled with hackneyed cliches, unimaginative banter, dishwater-dull comments and overall repetitious statements. (Like Trident has just done.)”