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THE WILDFLOWERS LED TO A DESERT LEFT

It’s a long drive north to Gnaraloo. The journey across the lunar landscape of the northwest can profoundly change your perception of Australia. Pete Geall delivers some telling insights into the Gnaraloo experience and the desert pilgrims who make the annual charge north.

TRANS CANS OF WORMS

When Sasha Jane Lowerson won the West Australian Log titles as a trans-athlete everyone from Kelly Slater to Claire Bevilacqua had an opinion. Suddenly competitive surfing needed to consider its approach to a complex issue. Ben Mondy attempts to unravel the trans can of worms.

MANDIRI BLUES

When most of us hear ‘Sumatra’ we immediately think of the Mentawai Islands. However, mainland South Sumatra is most certainly a wave mecca in its own right. Three old friends reunite for a much- anticipated trip to the jungle-fringed region. Despite huge swell and an army of QS surfers, they find their windows of opportunity.

WAYNE CLEVELAND’S REDEMPTION SONG

Maroubra surfer, Wayne Cleveland, once graced the cover of Tracks. A few years later he was doing ten years hard time for trafficking cocaine. Cleveland is now once again making his presence felt in heavy waves around Australia. He claims to have cleaned up his act but some find it hard to forgive the sins of the past.

BREAKING BIG: BRISA HENNESSY

Raised by her surf-coach parents, off the grid in Costa Rica, Brisa Hennessy probably had the perfect pedigree for a modern pro surfer. Find out how the jungle girl became a CT juggernaut.

A NEW STORM: SOLI BAILEY

When Soli Bailey graduated to the CT back in 2019 it seemed like his career was mapped out and he would become an entrenched member of surfing’s top flight. However, it didn’t play out that way for the Byron Bay natural footer. In the last two years Soli has reinvented his freesurfing act, embraced his Indigenous roots and grown up a lot. He’s now poised to make a fully-fledged return to competition, but does he have to?

LORD TIM BONYTHON

For more than four decades filmmaker, Tim Bonython, has been taking audiences close enough to taste the spray on big waves around the globe. How did this one-time model and band-booker, who was born into an aristocratic Adelaide family, become a giant of big-wave cinema?

TWIN FIN CONNOISSEURS

The twin fin is in the midst of a renaissance. As surfers around the world ditch the centre fin and embrace the sensation of a free ride glide, we pay tribute to the gifted crew who are turning on with twinnys.

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