24 hours with Ross: A random punter gets stuck fast with a Storm Surfer

Swellnet Dispatch

24 hours with Ross: A random punter gets stuck fast with a Storm Surfer

Swellnet Dispatch
Stu Nettle

Last week Pete de Haan's wife surprised him with an early father's day present – a ticket to Storm Surfers 3D. She even bought him a choc top for the special occasion. Pete, 35, went to the Cronulla screening on Thursday night with his wife and young son. They sat near the back and enjoyed the film immensely.

Operation Desert Storm

Greg Long and Grant 'Twiggy' Baker are unlikely surf partners and not just because of their age difference. More than ten years seperates the big wave duo and they live more than 10,000 kilometres apart, Long in San Clemente, California, Twiggy in Durban, South Africa. Yet despite the distances in age and geography they've formed a formidable team, first as tow partners and now as sparring partners operating at the vangard of big wave paddle surfing.

Operation Desert Storm

Greg Long and Grant 'Twiggy' Baker are unlikely surf partners and not just because of their age difference. More than ten years seperates the big wave duo and they live more than 10,000 kilometres apart, Long in San Clemente, California, Twiggy in Durban, South Africa. Yet despite the distances in age and geography they've formed a formidable team, first as tow partners and now as sparring partners operating at the vangard of big wave paddle surfing.

Billabong on Target for change?

Surfpolitik

Billabong on Target for change?

Surfpolitik
Stu Nettle
A bit of backstory before we get to those questions: Inman replaces Derek O'Neill, a 20-year veteran of Billabong and the person in charge when the companies recent retail strategy was sunk. For the last five years Billabong spent big on bricks-and-mortar retail space in an ambitious plan to dominate the surf retail market. They were felled by the Global Financial Crisis and diminished retail spending.