Before wavepools and luxury surf resorts, a true surf trip meant venturing for days by boat to remote, perfect, barrelling waves in places far, far away. Nias was one of those places. And it still is, ...

Late afternoons make for the coolest speed blurs at Nias. Here's Tai "Budhha" Graham, laying it down. Photo: Brad Masters Marti Paradisis was having the time of his life this one morning, scoring all ...

After Krui, the crew split up. Some, like Liam O’Brien, came back home briefly for a re-set before heading off to South Africa and the big dog Challenger Series at Ballito near Durban — still an ...

The WSL’s Qualifying Series often bears the brunt of surf lingo. “Looking like a QS out there,” is an all-too-common saying when surveying onshore dribble from the parking lot. But every once in a ...