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Catching up once again with Russ, he’s home for the winter, playing cat and mouse with forecasts, working with tides, winds, and chasing what he can before it fizzes out. With a film deadline looming, he’s been squeezing in trips wherever he can. “Just trying to make the most of it before the cut-off,” he said. “AK and I are putting something together. It’s coming together pretty quick.” AK, better known as Andrew Kaineder, is a longtime friend and filmer—someone Russ has shared more than a few heavy sessions with over the years. In between those missions, he’s also been chipping away at some R&D with the crew at Ocean & Earth, work that’s shaping up nicely, albeit very hush-hush for now.

Toby Mossop is the kind of surfer who thrives where most would hesitate — deep in the zone, chasing slabs, or laughing in the face of a flogging. Whether it’s paddling into isolated bombs in South Oz or getting rinsed at Shippies, his commitment to pushing boundaries is grounded in core friendships, a quiet determination, and a willingness to take the hits. In this piece, we unpack two trips that shaped him — one forged through years of friendship and grit, the other through cold, hard lessons on Tasmania’s wildest stage.

Throughout his teens, Bronson Meydi was described as the best 11, 13 and 15-year-old surfer on the planet. When he was crowned as the 2025 World Junior Champion in the Philippines and then surfed in the CT in Abu Dhabi, his progression has shown no sign of slowing down as he turned 20. With time spooling as fast as his rotations, for this story, we thought we’d stop the projector, catch up, start at the end and work our way back. How did a shy grom from Lakey Peak take over the surfing world? He walks through his life, in reverse, here.

When we caught up with Russell Bierke back home in Ulladulla, he was, once again, in recovery mode. Fresh off broken ribs and a bruised sternum at JAWS, he’d just added a broken nose to the collection—this time courtesy of a local mysto bombie. Stitched up but in good spirits, Russ took a moment to reflect on his latest cold-water strike mission to the emerald edge of the world: Ireland.

“We sat down for dinner, in the arse end of Africa, and Nathan Florence was there. Koa Rothman swung in, and was I like, ‘this is hectic,’” said Sean “Sea Mullet” Mawson. “Then Jamie O’Brien drove by and I thought...

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An experimental 2023 led to poor competitive results but the biggest growth year of his career. And now, for the first time, is he ready to declare himself a World Title Contender.

"A boardbag is probably the main piece of luggage I take when I travel," says tour surfer and all-round good bloke Ryan Callinan. "Now I'm back on the road nine months of the year, I spend so much time dragging them...

We can’t think of a surfer that fits that bill better than North Shelly firefighter Justen “Jughead” Allport. For the last 20 years, Jug has put himself in some of the heaviest positions, on some of the heaviest waves in the world. He’s done it with equal measures of raw talent and recklessness while holding down a real job and raising a family. His fearless approach has seen him face some truly dangerous situations. And yet Jug always manages to scrape out of them. Sometimes hurt sure, but somehow alive. We asked Jug to talk through just a few of his closest shaves.

Born in Oahu Hawaii in 1997, Russell Bierke moved to Australia at the age of five and settled in Ulladulla. The son of Kirk, an experienced big wave surfer and shaper, Russell was riding huge waves on big boards aged 10. By the time he was 16, he’d logged tubes at Mavericks, Mullaghmore and a variety of remote slabs across the Australian continent.

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Ryan Callinan is a 30-year-old goofy footer, O & E team rider, and current World No.10 described by Tyler Wright as “one of the nicest humans you’ll ever meet.” We caught up with Ryan at his home in Merewether a few days after he had just returned from the Jeffreys Bay Open. Despite his wife Nina having cooked a homemade shepherd's pie, R-Cal sat down to talk about his year so far, the Olympics and why 2023 has been the best year of his career so far.

Friday 5 May saw sublime conditions at Sunset Reef in Cape Town, South Africa, to usher in the Southern Hemisphere winter. The local big-wave crew would no doubt classify this a "fun" day to clear the cobwebs, but there were a few waves of consequence and even the odd barrel or two.

We caught up recently with both Dakoda and Harley Walters for a little chat. Harl’s was just heading out Snapper rocks, while Kodes was resting his injured ankle he sustained from a crazy corrupt flip in a recent event.

Tyler Wright for another win at Bells! A memorable year for everyone as the mid year cut comes closer and closer!

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Dakoda wanted a board that accumulated all of the speed attributes of a twin fin but packed a tonne of drive and could hold on rail like a performance thruster.

Ryan's latest film shot on location in Hawaii, Portugal and Australia. Enjoy

Not that you need to add more fuel to the fire, but watching Matt and Russ trading off 4-6ft blue barrels at chopes will take any uncertainty away of whether you should book your next surf trip, wherever that is.

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