A surfer from Noosa's sun drenched shores obsessed with the dark world of gothic horror, Jai Lee's personal struggles and addiction to noseriding have twisted his creativity. Words: Chris Preston Photos: Thomas Robinson (pp 1&3), Andy Staley (pp4)and Dane Peterson

Big-wave riding is an awe-inspiring experience, but what happens when things go wrong? In an exclusive extract from his new book, Al Mennie explains what it's like to survive the mother of all wipeouts.

Bing Copeland was a pioneer of the modern surf industry. In his excellent new retrospective, ‘Bing Surfboards – Fifty Years of Craftsmanship and Innovation’, Paul Holmes discovered what makes Bing tick. Words: Bing Copeland & Paul Holmes Photos: Courtesy of Bing Copeland

Cyrus Sutton made an impression on the international film circuit with his 2003 breakthrough movie 'Riding Waves'. Now the EMMY award-winning documentary maker has turned his attention to the divergent surf scenes of Australia's Gold Coast and Byron Bay. Words: Tommy Leitch Photos: Courtesy of Cyrus Sutton

A worthy addition to European surfing culture, the surfilmfestibal festival attempts to connect the global surfing community through moving picture, art and education. Words: Howard Swanwick. Photos: surfilmfestibal

Co-founder of the original Aussie counter-culture surf bible, Tracks, and director of 'Morning of the Earth', Alby Falzon lives up to his reputation as the spiritual father of the alternative surf lifestyle. Words: Jair Bortoleto Photos: Courtesy of Alby Falzon


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We’re hiring

May 02, 2013 |  Words By: Howard

Well, almost. Drift is looking for a summer intern to take on some work with the magazine. If you want to cut your teeth in surf media and have a passion for creative and diverse content, then get in touch and we’ll find you something to do. We promise not to ask you to make the tea…

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Help me get to Japan

May 15, 2013 |  Words By: Staff Writer

Help Matt Allen get to the Greenroom Festival in Japan by buying some of his limited edition prints and originals.

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Desillusion Mag | Billabong:Pukas

May 15, 2013 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The latest Desillusion Production highlighting a UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BILLABONG AND PUKAS.

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Global Wave Wednesday

May 15, 2013 |  Words By: Hugo

This week Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is launching Global Wave Wednesday, a new campaign action uniting surfers from around the globe in the call to protect UK waves from pollution, marine litter and over-development. SAS is calling on surfers, environmentalists and ocean lovers to join them and the coalition of wave and ocean protections organisations on Wednesday, 15th May, for this global day of action to protect our waves.

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United

May 15, 2013 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The teaser for a new surf film, United, by Ben Haworth and Pete Hill. It’s a British surf film with only British surfers. Filmed in the UK and Costa Rica.

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Punta Huanchaco

May 02, 2013 |  Words By: Mark

Punta Huanchaco became a World Surfing Reserve in October last year due to the two thousand year old wave riding and seafaring history. Here’s an insight into this fascinating little town drawn from when we stopped there on a road trip recently.

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Surf Horror and Sci-Fi at the Guardetxe

May 02, 2013 |  Words By: Staff Writer

The first Surfilmfestibal 11 event has been launched and for a laugh, Surf Horror and Science Fiction are two new categories for the event on May 25th at the Guardetxe.

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Iceland | An Adventure With Reid Jackson

April 26, 2013 |  Words By: Staff Writer

Just as things were warming up for Spring in Canada last year, some dedicated surfers, photographers and filmers headed to some of the coldest waves out there for an adventure in Iceland.

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