50 years of Zigzag Magazine is upon us!
Issue 50.1 just hit the shelves! We’re proud to see Zag alive and thriving, one of the last remaining surf mags in the world. It’s thanks to you guys supporting us that we can keep producing print mags. Find it in select surf stores or buy it online. Link in bio.
Cheers to 50!
New series: Lessons with Ichabod by @bernie.shelly
Bernie dives into the strange rituals of everyday surf life — awkward chats, endless paddle-outs, bruised egos and the quiet chaos of sharing waves. Featuring Ichabod: intense, stubborn and always one bad decision away from disaster.
Follow the link in our bio for Part One: Talking in the Line-up.
#SurfLife #SurfCulture #LineUpTalk #Surfing #OceanStories
ANTARCTICA - DOMAIN ONE is now LIVE to watch
From icy oceans to untouched wilderness, this documentary shines a light on the urgent fight to defend Antarctica’s fragile ecosystem and marine life - narrated by Kelly Slater
Watch the film now and sign the petition and help protect Antarctica - Link in bio.
#DomainOneAntarctica #Antarctica #ProtectAntarctica #ClimateAction #OceanConservation #MarineProtection #DocumentaryFilm #SaveOurOceans #EnvironmentalFilm #Surfing #Adventure #GauchosDelMar
With all the swell we’ve been having, let’s not forget those same lines travel…
@iamsickrabbit aka John Micheletti, toying this past week with arguably the best man made wedge on the African continent.
John is no stranger to Zag, having hosted @ricky_badness and photographer @gregewing on a remarkable swell chase to Tarkwa Bay back in 2010. Some time may have passed but John is clearly still on his game!
📸 @whetoayeni
“The Day the King Came to Town”
Photographer @pdvimages takes us inside the chaos, power and emotion of a historic day at East London’s Western Wall. A moment South African surfing won’t soon forget.
Hit the link in our bio for the full story.
#WesternWall #SouthAfricanSurfing #BigWaveSurfing #EastLondon
East London is generally not known for being a big wave surf spot. That is about to change thanks to the tenacity and pure guts of a select crew of big wave chargers and intrepid Surf photographer PDV supported most ably by local duck racing legend, Murray Elliot. Although there are a couple of spots which handle huge waves here, the most visible is the right that breaks off the harbour break wall. A thundering right barrel grinding on a sandbar formed by the Buffalo River and the harbour breakwall, this wave has been paddled before by EL hell man Stuart Solly Fowles and apparently by EL legend Dave Hansen. However, this is the first time i have seen it tow surfed and what a sight!
Grant Twiggy Baker, a Big Wave World Champ and his local mate, Solly Fowles charged huge barrels blowing minds and maybe creating a new appreciation of the EC's potential for crazy big wave surfing.
These are 2 of the waves from last friday morning. 1st clip is of Twig getting a huge shack, followed by Solly getting pitted in the 2nd clip.
Imagine lying waiting, holding onto a tow rope at least 500m out to sea in the mouth of the Buffalo River with its toothy denizens. Waiting for quadruple overhead mounds to hit the sandbank so you can ride them. Special people these.
It's been a good run of swell recently with the coasts lighting up East to West... @darren_simes_photo finding some KZN gold this weekend 🔥
#signsofwinter
