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Personal Experiences

Surfing is a unique experience for all of us. The following articles share personal insights and experiences people have had during their time as a surfer.

Entertaining Articles

So you're feeling as flat as the swell today and need a bit of a pick-up… Read some of these articles - they're bound to put a smile on your face!

Informative Articles

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!

Travel Related

You've got some time off and buddies who are keen to go but you're still not convinced that a trip is in order. Read our travel related articles for tips when hitting the road.

Interviews

You need new friends but don't feel like dating online or hitting the bar. Well stop by here and get to know some really cool people better - next time you see them in the water tell them you met them at The Swell Guys!

SET ADRIFT: on a Sea of Bliss

For us landlubbers out there, the sensation of a rolling deck beneath your feet can be rather disorientating. I kept my mouth shut and my hand firmly on the rail while I got the pirate low-down on life at sea for a surfer.

The Rise of SA Surf Nazis

If you thought the only place you were going to have to deal with agro, flying fists, and swearwords was in a scrum, think again... it's happening every day at a break near you...

Miracles in Morocco

The Mehdia Surf School and Camp was started four years ago and the surf school itself is the base for a large number of Mehdia surfers. Here it's all about the surf. It's all about learning about each other's food, music, culture and the universal language of waves.

We're Old, Not Cold

In our quest to define the true meaning of surfing we interviewed three guys between the ages of 35 and 41 who started surfing in their late twenties, this is who they are, and what they have to say.

Old Wive's Tales

They say a man's only as good as the woman who supports him, so we asked four surfer's spouses to share their experiences with us.

Visuals

The following documents are part of this section

Stop Motion

Photographs freeze the defining moment in any action, the shutter clicks and the moment is preserved. Take a look at our photo archive, perhaps we caught your defining moment…

Slow Motion

Surfing in action often takes place at such a fast pace that you can't appreciate the finer details. It's for that very reason that we've put together some sick sequences frame-by-frame, we hope you enjoy them!

Full Motion

Photographs help to freeze a moment in time, however, much is lost in the process. Seeing a moving, heaving, screaming mountain of water frame-by-frame is so much better&hellip

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