Surfing Life

Surfing Life has helped shape and inform generations of surfers for over four decades. Our mission is to help make you a better surfer. We do this by publishing four issues based on the six pillars of the surfing experience - Surfers, Surfboards, Waves, Culture, Travel and Technique - each issue dedicated to all of these subjects, providing you with the substance, depth and focus that makes it worth buying. This is the purpose of a surf mag in the digital age - to inspire and inform, to be an essential source of reference to the active surfer. At a minimum of 100 pages, with high production values, the best imagery, insights from the world’s best surf scribes, there’s no doubt why Surfing Life has been at the forefront of surf media for over four decades. Surfing Life is BRIGHT in an intelligent and colourful way. Surfing Life is BRASH, poking fun, but at themselves as much as others. Surfing Life is BRAVE, to take on the tough topics. Surfing Life is the magazine with something for everyone. Surfing Life is Made From Surfing.

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SURFING LIFE

WITH PACHA LIGHT • Our global ocean community brims with unexpected characters. Sometimes, they’re famous. Most times, they’re more knowledgeable than us. Ofttimes, they glimpse into what’s coming: lines on surfing’s horizon. Forecast predicts a future event or trend; we yarn with surfing environmentalist Pacha Light as she peers into the distance.

THE WRATH OF ALFRED • Vaya con dios

FRAMED

SURRENDERING IN THE SOLOMONS • Disconnect to reconnect with the Bowden Bros, McKenzie and Tanē

THE SURFING LIFE OF THOMAS CARVALHO • Will Carvalho continue to carve out a comp career or pursue freesurfing freedom?

THE SURFING LIFE OF SOPHIE McCULLOCH • Adversity invokes, resilience rises

40 PHILOSURFERS • Two-score lovers of surf wisdom

WHAT THE F-STOP? • Shooter profile: award-winning lensman Travis Johnson

GOLD IN THE MUD • Get outta ya funk and surf junk!

PACK MENTALITY • Board-Tetris: arrive at your destination damage-free

WINTER THE STRESSED-OUT AND BOARD-LESS BOOK A COUNSELLING SESSION WHILE SURFERS DE-BARNACLE WITH THEIR DEEP-SEA PHYSICIAN

LOSE TIME TO ESCAPE YOURSELF • The Surfing Life online bookstore is chocked full of great surfing literature. With legendary stories from some of the greatest and most-loved icons of the industry, as well as some riveting fiction and stunning photo essays!