Former Zag employee and Videographer Calvin Thompson, or as he is affectionately known ‘Junior’ brings you Monday Blues a series of short films set to drop every Monday. With his latest rendition still...
It’s not even the end of January and we’ve been slapped with the environmental truth stick. Following on from some discrepancies between climate models, which projected higher levels of ocean warming and observational data which seemed to show the contrary (lower temperatures)...
There has always been something inherently charming about the expectations of surf. More so than any other endeavor, anticipating and arriving at a surf destination has weaved itself into our culture.
Naught bru, that wasn’t a typo we being for real here. Granted it happened in 1958 but I bet you’ve never heard about it. July 9, 1958, in Lituya Bay, on the southeast of Alaska, an earthquake triggered...
Another Monday, and another edition of ‘Weird Waves’ with Dylan Graves! Things get even WEIRDER in Part 2 dubbed “The Stream Tour” as Dylan links up with Pro snowboarder Alex Lopez and surfing legend...
Take it back a month or so ago, where Jordy arguably stuck it to Medina in the Pipe semis. Well get use to that, not the judging crime (hopefully) but the hardness of the 30-year-old South African Big Foot.
Where exactly? Johannesburg, obviously. Nestled between Muldersdrift and Johannesburg North you’ll find Happy Island Waterworld. The wave pool, although it wont be turning any heads in the surfing world, is the biggest of its kind in Africa.
Wez Lewis, what a gem. Just have a look at that snap, framing ford like a champ. What did the head Shot Bru Challenge judge and Zag photo editor have to say? “The grain, the lens flares, the birds… This months Shot Bru Challenge winning image oozes mood, yeah you can feel that ooze ey?
Advertising has used surfing to promote products, services and brands for years. However, that doesnt mean they always good, Gabby Medina shaving his chest certainly fits that notion. Surfing commercials can also be controversial.
“My first reaction was just disbelief,” Mark Mohler, who captured the images. “She followed three tiger sharks in toward the whale carcass, and her sheer size made them look like barracudas.” F***********ken hell...
Palau, ever heard of it? Probably not. In May 2018, Hawaii became the first state to ban reef-harming sunscreens. The policy will go into effect in January 2021. Since then Palau has also stepped up, not wasting any time.
Port Elizabeth, not exactly the first place you think about when waves are on the brain. Well, the cities Pince Charming, Kody McGregor, reached out to us this morning to shove some tasty treats in...
Done and done, well at least as far as entries are concerned! But for now ladies and gentlemen that’s a wrap on the 2018 Striped Horse Challenge. A massive shout out must be extended the way of every single contestant...
Alright then, here’s something to waste a minute of your life on. Ol ‘Sweet Lew’, as we’d like to think he’s affectionately called, was recently invited over by the G.O.A.T to try his hand on the man’s wave.
This piece was produced with support from our friends at Moskova. There's a crossover between big-wave surfing and jiu jitsu, but it's different than what you might think. It's not about raw strength.
