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Original Opener for Jack McCoy’s 1980 G-Land story in Tracks. Note the reference to ‘Riders on the Storm’ the original name for ‘Storm Riders’ before it was blocked by the legal team for the The Doors ...
World-beaters, wandering souls and fabled moments in surfing history all get top billing in this issue. Here’s a sample of all the good stuff inside the mag. The final chapter of Monty Webber’s ...
Tracks recently spoke to Gibran Putra Wirjawan who grew up between Java and Bali, and is currently editing a documentary titled Samudra, which explores the role surfing plays in Indonesia. When asked ...
The surfboard is and always has been a multi-faceted instrument of pleasure, both aesthetic and utilitarian. From the very beginning, when the ancient Polynesians speared fish from their olos as they ...
Cronulla has lost its most iconic surfer with the sudden passing of Brian Jackson yesterday. He was 85.
Jack McCoy may have said his last Aloha but the spirit of the surf movie titan is set to live on with the ‘Jack McCoy Australian Surf Film Fest’. In a surfing world that can become splintered into sub ...
A quick look at the seemingly endless parade of chargers emerging from NSW's South Coast.
Earlier this week, revered Australian shaper, Kym Thompson, was tragically killed in a motorcycle crash in Thailand. The surveillance footage shows Thompson losing control of his motorcycle while ...
In 1988 Gary Green, a self-described “pisshead from Cronulla” through no fault of his own became the first ever “professional freesurfer”. It was a radical departure for surfing and it was Gaz that ...
A collector’s edition celebrates Captain Goodvibes’ 50th anniversary with a fresh illustration on the cover.
Australian surfers love an out-of-control rebel. Particularly if they surf exceedingly well. We admire their free spirited, devil-may-care approach to life; both in the water and on the land. They do ...
Almost any surfer with a tube fetish wants to sample the throaty, near-shore tee-pees of Puerto Escondido. Whether it’s three feet and dreamy or 30-feet and death-defying, Puerto has been chewing up ...