Listen to music
With an Ocean Alley feature and a special edition of Quiver with Ash Grunwald, you’ll notice this issue has something of a musical theme. As said by one of our readers’ in a survey we did recently: “Waves exist in both music and surfing, and every single one is different!”
Photo by Glen Bucklar (@gbvision_active)
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Reader stories
Art
July 2026
For the love
Before they were filling arenas around the globe, the members of Ocean Alley were simply six surf-obsessed friends jamming in a backyard shed.
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Travel
July 2026
Tofino Dreaming
Tofino was a dream, and then it became a reality, and will now forever live in my mind as one of the most memorable experiences of my life.
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Travel
July 2026
Turkish Delight
In this edition, we visit one of Europe’s cultural melting pots, Türkiye. Guided by Turkish surfing pioneer Tunc Ucyildiz, we explore the fascinating history of surfing in the country and whether or not you should be swapping the Atlantic for the Black Sea.
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Travel
April 2026
Raw
In the quiet moments, between early morning sets in the wild parts of Australia and late afternoon motorbike rides in the remote jungles of Indonesia, Tom writes.
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Travel
April 2026
Lithuanian gold
Welcome to World Waves, where we take a look at some of the most interesting, peculiar, and unorthodox surfing destinations around the globe and the people who surf there!
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Insights
April 2026
The Mad Hueys
The Mad Hueys are real, genuine, and unapologetically themselves. There’s no bullsh*t, no smoke and mirrors — what you see is what you get — and it’s evident from top to bottom.
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Travel
December 2025
Wanderlust
For over ninety-five per cent of our history, we humans have lived nomadically — whether it be out of necessity, curiosity, or pure stoke.
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Travel
December 2025
The outrageous adventures of Mr Mooney
We all have that one friend who's the life of the party, who always seems to have an exciting tale to tell.
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Travel
December 2025
The road that raised me
For our part, we travel not to go anywhere, but to go. We travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. No time limit, no set direction or obligations. That's freedom to us.
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