Surfing World Magazine

25/05/2026

Surfing World 428 is finally here! Get your copy or better yet buy a subscription:

Issue 428 - Shark Country. The change we can't ignore. It’s been a decade now since Australian surfers first really noticed a change in the water. Here's our deep dive into how surf communities around the country are figuring out their relationships with the shark.

20/05/2026

1400 white sharks, 350 surfers. Five attacks in four years, four of them fatal. The town of Elliston sits in the middle of Australia’s most dangerous surfing coast. This is shark country — but how does the Elliston crew keep it surfing country too? Come with us to visit a place and a people where love of surfing is intertwined with inescapable trauma.

We are premiering the film this Saturday 6pm at Brookvale. Come down for a cold and a yarn.

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16/05/2026

Every surfer lives with the shark. Join us for an evening of beer, a movie screening and a panel talk with Mike Psillakis, Matt Grainger and State MP Jacqui Scruby, as we launch “Shark Country” — a SW deep dive into how our weird dance with a wild animal has changed Australia’s surf communities.

6 p.m.
McTavish Brookvale
Supported by Stone and Wood

13/05/2026

43% of all human-shark encounters in Australia this century have involved surfers. That’s why we made this issue of SW. “Shark Country”, on sale May 25. Subscribe to receive your copy via link in bio.

12/05/2026

What’s an entire sport worth? The WSL’s about to find out. Here’s our ideas about why they might be able to get a better price for pro surfing today than the $1 they paid for it in 2013. 🔗 in bio!

11/05/2026

What happens when you sell a business? Everything changes, that’s what happens. Which means very interesting times ahead for all the people involved in the amazing, entertaining, possibly confusing yet all round brilliant circus you just watched go down at Snapper Rocks. Because the World Surf League is hunting a buyer!!

We Shouldn't Be Friends · Episode

06/05/2026

In Australia, one road always leads to the shark. Surfing World issue 428 goes deep on how we live with this country’s greatest predator. Subscribe now and guarantee yourself a copy. Otherwise on sale May 25, but it might not last, and it’s worth having. 🔗 in bio to subscribe!

04/05/2026

Honest, surf contests aren’t always like this. Monday capped off a Coolie weekend of epic proportions — and crowned the crowd favourites into the bargain.

“If that’s a nine, I’m not going to school tomorrow!”

03/05/2026

In 2026, most of the CT pros will lose more heats than they win. How you survive loss counts for more than how to celebrate wins. Here’s what we learned from the people who lost at Snapper today.

It’s such a performance.

03/05/2026

In 2026, most of the CT pros will lose more heats than they win. How you survive loss counts for more than how to celebrate wins. Here’s what we learned from the people who lost at Snapper today. Live now on surfingworld.com.au 🔥