Mellow Wave Surfboards - South Coast Stoke
Yes there are waves on the south Coast of the UK, okay, often its cold and swell is week but sometimes when the stars align there can be actual real waves and of course there are the locals that have those sessions on loc…
Chipiron Shop
The last time I spoke to Damien Marley was about a year ago, he was busy shaping quality custom surfboards under his brand ‘Chipiron’ in the surfing mecca of Hossegor , France. So a year down the line and Chipiron has gr…
Chris Ruddy Surfboards & The Tubesock
Innovation is a word that’s thrown around a lot these days and in the surf industry I think that there are perhaps only a handful of true innovators. Sure, every shaper tries new things as every hand shaped board is diffe…
Rochfort Surfboards - 100% man made
Seeking out surfboard shapers across the planet that are a cut above is something that we love to do here at Surf Bunker. Often you can see the quality, knowledge and attention to detail stick out a mile away and other ti…
Surfing - A Mum's Story
The prominence of girls and women in the surfing world is growing. The big surfing brands have realized that girls have moved on from being arm/beach candy, sitting on the beach for hours, taking endless photos, but still…
Fatum Surfboards – The Legend of Gero Tragatschnig
One meets many different types of people in life and I like to think that’s what it takes for the world to go around. Horses for courses etc. Just sometimes you meet someone who is unique and quite fascinating, inspiring,…
Surf Trestles - Stay Nomads
Have you ever heard of the expression ‘to have ones cake and eat it’, well it’s what springs to mind when I look at staying in San Clemente, California, home to one of the most famously ‘playful’ waves in the world. Trest…
Beauty Defined - Vulcan Surfboards
Dave Hantz from Vulcan surfboards is a present-day shaping legend. He sees only one way with board design and that is with head turned to the future, corrugated carbon rails for strength and flex and a finish that as far …
Coast – Community Surf Shop
It was a rainy British afternoon in Bournemouth on the south coast of the UK, the drizzle had set in for the day and I was waiting for the MOT inspection on my old faithful VW van. Those are anxious times as I am sure som…
The Real Peniche - Silvercoast Apartments
Have you been to Peniche for a surf trip? OK, so you might have surfed some good waves, but with a crowd as long as the queue for Disney World? I want to talk about a way to surf in Peniche but not in Peniche, and without…
Sri Lanka – Surf Stay Ceylon
Not long ago I spoke to a couple who had quit their jobs in the big smoke of Dubai to live their dream and share it with others on the beautiful island of Sri Lanka. It turns out that Garrath and Veritys dream of providin…
#Biketosurf
You know you get those people in life that just want to do the right thing? I know quite a few of these ‘jem-like’ individuals, maybe it goes hand in hand with surfing, maybe the stoke makes us more grateful for the thing…
Daily Bread Surfboards – Have Faith
I have always said ‘each to their own’ in many ways, everyone should be able to believe and think what they want. It’s called freedom of thought or freedom of belief. For Chris Clark it is in God and waves that he choose…
Visionairy + Flow = Drift
How many colabs do we see these days, just in our own very small industry. Some work and some do not work. A concept that was born in 2014 that saw the amalgamation of Visionary Surfboards and Flow Surf School into anothe…
Tested - Slyde Handboards
What is the most important part of riding a wave? The answer is the stoke. The stoke is an actual tangible thing that great days are made of, it can be used to build great moods, provide huge distractions and to inspire c…
Destination - Jbay Surf Retreats
There are few perfect things in life, its true. I think that if you are a surfer, you look at perfection in a different way. To simplify, a surfers standards of perfection are pretty high. It takes a lot to impress us, an…
Paul Surf - Creating Beautiful Things
We talk to a New York, Rockaway shaper called Paul. His boards look like the sort of thing you need to own and they are tailor made for NY waves. How do you get inspired to shape boards in New York city? Find out here.
The Inner Bunker - Johnny on Pipe and the Title Race Showdown
Thanks for all the comments and emails from last month’s Inner bunker section. We thought it would be cool to have a little round up of the year and, of course, feature the last comp of the year and the world title showd…
Feelflows Surfboards – Under the Radar
Sometimes in life you discover things that seem to good to be true. You know, when your natural reaction is not to tell anyone. No, it is your secret and if you tell anyone it might evaporate just like a mirage on the hor…
Camp Rockaway - Take a Train. To a Tent. And then Surf...
Camping in New York City is possibly one of the best ideas since sliced bread and the best thing is it has been realized before, so we know it works. Kent Johnson had a vision and it looks...