The Sugarmill: a fine surf emporium in Sydney
The Sugarmill is a surf lifestyle inspired retail collective situated on Sydney’s northern beaches. They don’t stock any gear from the big three surf brands. Instead, they’ve created a place where anyone, not just surfers, can come and find something different and be inspired.
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Korduroy.tv: a surf culture website
Korduroy.tv is a rad surf culture site brought to you by Cyrus Sutton, the smooth Californian surfer and filmmaker. Korduroy.tv have transformed from a successful cult blog to a communal website featuring some of surfing and skating’s most creative craftsmen and women. Focusing on creativity and self-reliance, there is heaps of stuff on here. The must-see is Meet the Makers, showcasing all the rad cats out there creating their own wares.
Paper Sea Quarterly: a new Australian surfing magazine
Paper Sea Quarterly just launched their new magazine in Melbourne recently: the party had free beer, which is what we all know makes a party. Ozzie Wrong got arty on a rad surfboard that I’m going to win. There were huge prints on all the walls from the mag and Kaspar Raglus did a bit of on-the-spot artwork on the wall.
Photos of US Surfing Open riot by Nick Waplington
Hunting Beach is a big deal in the surf world. The US Open of Surfing attracts thousands of people for surf, skate, BMX and music events every year. But in 1986, there were 100,000 people on the beach and shit got wild. These images by Nick Waplington have been brought to life just recently. Read more
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