You're blonde and we'll forgive you for that. Want to brush up on your surfing knowledge not your hair-do? These articles will make you smarter - not prettier!

Informative Articles

Apply a deck grip

You've bought a new surfboard and want to apply a deck grip but don't know how. Don't stress my friend, follow our five simple steps to getting that sucker stuck down and stuck down well!

BEWARE BOYS: We beaches can bite

We have a chat with Shannon McLaughlin from Liquid Girls magazine and see how the girls are shaping up against the guys.

Big Wave Knowledge

Because your life may depend on it we questioned a few names infamous with the big wave scene to find out how increase your life expectancy the next time you decide to drop into that monster.

Bintang Barbie and the Doxy Rockers

One friend, three strangers and an overdose of Doxytab. This is the story of a trip clouded in mystery and superstition that turned out to be nothing more than an island in the mist. An island with perfect waves. An island called Bali.

Cruizing Asphalt

There is something about traveling no more than four inches off the ground at 60km/h and sliding around a hairpin corner that really gets ones blood boiling.

Increments

Have you ever kicked out and thought “damn, that could’ve gone better”. For the next few lines we’ll be taking a look at a few of the forgotten basics of surfing that will raise the level of competition next time you’re out there

Island Aid

Two years after the tragic tsunami in Sumatra the story is all but forgotten. As easy as it's been for the rest of us to move on with our lives, there are those individuals who have found it as easy to dedicate their lives to helping the people of Indonesia put the pieces of their lives back together. This is one such story.

METAMORPHOSIS: From Foam to Freedom

Join us as we delve into the mysterious art of surfboard manufacture. Don your face-masks people, we're about to get foamy!

ROCK STEADY: Artificial Reef

In this exclusive first-ever interview we bring you the exciting story of Faizel's latest project: an artificial reef.

SHARK SPOTTING: Rasta Speaks

We have a chat with Patrick, one of the Shark Spotters keeping you safe from lurkers at Muizenberg

Spray paint a surf board

Spraying your first board is like taking an art class; in your mind you can see what it’s meant to look like but in reality it just not the same. Luckily we know a guy with long flowing locks on his head, canvas like soft brown complexion and a generally over active imagination, who rides some of the sweetest fishy looking boards around the Cape. He gives us some insight into how he gets his ideas to come to life.

Style Science

Style defines you as a surfer - it’s that unique form of expression, your personal blueprint on a wave. Get some tips on improving your own style.

Surf Shop Culture

Have you ever been to a surf shop and wondered just what goes down there the whole day? We've been thinking about it and decided to find out. Join us and get to know some surf shop culture...

SURVIVING A SURF TRIP: A field guide for non-surfers

Whether you're a girl/boyfriend, husband or wife of a surfer, you're going to end up missioning up the coast at one point or another and you'll soon realise whether or not a surf trip is for you. Here are some tips to help you survive the experience.

Ten Summer Essentials

Sexy is back and so is summer and that means bikinis, braais and babes. Use this list of ten essentials to help you survive while sanity slips away quicker than your budget.

The Real Big Blue

Freediving is an amazing way to get to know your body. It teaches you how to listen to your body as well as mental focus. Freediving training can also give you that extra confidence to surf a wave a bigger than quite big!

Water, Wax and Wood

Musicians use the environment that surrounds them. Be it the city lights or the stillness of the outdoors, they draw on it and in conjunction with their instruments they make music, using either their hands or their breath. Just as surfers do out in the deep, a combination of board and wave become the canvass on which they paint.

Why It's Not Your Wave

We'll help you to understand that what you are riding is billions and billions of years old and deserves some respect. The waves you are catching are almost prehistoric in a way. When you feel the urge to say "get off my wave" ask yourself, "is it really all about me and my ego?"

Winter Fitness

This article contains options for exercising and guidelines to follow which will help prevent injury and ensure that you get the most out of your training and surf.