Surf
Why adding surfing to the Olympic Games is bad news for surfers
From Where I Stand — So, it's official. Surfing has been added to the list of sports competed in at the Olympic Games, starting in Tokyo 2020. Despite the PR puff presentation of this being great news for the surf community, for surfers the reality is there's nothing to celebrate.
Written by: Dr Clifton Evers
How will Olympic selection affect surfing and skateboarding?
A battle for the soul of the culture — News that surf and skate will feature in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has divided the community. Is Olympic selection the death of a counterculture or a bright new dawn for surf and skate?
Written by: Alex King
Levitating surfers ride invisible boards, in new Foster Huntington film
Wavy magic carpet rides — Globetrotting adventure man Foster Huntington films his pals surfing without boards, in a new promo that will make you wish you could fly.
Written by: Gabriela Helfet
The former dentist who turned into the world's most extreme action man
This is Atomic Ant — To celebrate 10 years of Huck, we're digging through the archives to unearth our favourite stories about inspiring people and movements who have graced the magazine's pages. Kicking things off: a story from the first issue, penned by then-editor, now publisher, Vince Medeiros.
Written by: Vince Medeiros
Inside the small fishing town when the largest wave ever surfed hit the shore
After Nazaré — After Garrett McNamara rode that world-record breaking 90ft wave, Praia De Norte became a global spectacle; the new home of big wave surfing. But when the the waves became a source of revenue the way of life in this town had to change.
Written by: Max Gayler
The artist who spent nine years illustrating a Qu’ran set in modern America
Art and understanding in the face of rising Islamophobia — Los Angeles-based artist Sandow Birk reimagines historical paintings with a contemporary political critique. His latest project is a Qu’ran illustrated with images from today’s America.
Written by: Alex King
Surfer Léa Brassy on her Icelandic surf and ski odyssey
Breaking the ice — Inspiring short film 'Being There’ documents surfer Léa Brassy and her polar explorer boyfriend Vincent Colliard’s joint adventure in search of far-flung, icy swell.
Written by: Alex King
The Basque surfers who took on the industry by founding a festival of their own
World's first surf film festival — Sancho Rodriguez, founder of the San Sebastián Surf Film Festival, shares how they brought together art, activism and audacious stunts to shake up surf culture.
Written by: Alex King
Artist Wolfgang Bloch on channelling the unconscious
Lost in the flow — Costa Mesa-based artist Wolfgang Bloch explains how he taps into a meditative state to create his sublime abstract paintings.
Written by: Alex King
Ephemeral Space of Time: RVCA’s longboarding muse
Surf, art, garms — French artist and surfer Marqaux Arramon-Tucoo takes us on a journey of her creative inspirations in this ethereal video from RVCA.
Written by: Saoirse O'Leary