Surfer, scientist, hero of the Bali bombing, and three-time Evans Head longboard champion, now Hanabeth Luke is heading for the political arena.

Celebrating fifty years since the infamous 1972 World Titles at San Diego, and other breakthrough events that year.

Big, clean, and brutal.

The outlook is much better heading into the end of the waiting period.

They look ordinary enough, yet the swim fin has a history that stretches across time and place. Dan Dobbin dives in to find out more.

A quiet season has a last hurrah.

And the women get first dibs at Mainbreak.