Amid the typical throng of summer surfers, there’s an unusual group of wave riders paddling alongside the Pismo pier. As fishers cast their lines from above and a humpback whale spouts in the distance ...

In a lot of ways The Pass at Byron Bay is the spiritual home of surf mat riding. The long right point, with its myriad of sections and moods, and pleasant, warm water, makes is a paradise for the ...

Surfers searching for a way to practice their pop-ups away from the waves may be interested in a new quality training mat for surfers from the team at Popupmatic. Watch the demonstration video below ...

In a recent conversation with Graeme Webster, the surfmat builder to the stars and owner of G-Mat Custom Surf Mats, he talked of the influence of Steven “Stevo” Halpin. Webster mentioned how Stevo had ...

THIS COULD BE IT: the summer you put down the iPad and that fruity drink with the paper-umbrella garnish, relinquish your beach chair and hit the surf. We get it—if you've never ventured past the ...

A Melbourne surfer has had a close encounter with a shark, which he filmed on an action camera. Roger Essig was mat surfing at Gunnamatta Beach on the Mornington Peninsula when he looked down and saw ...