What makes a good surf? Interestingly enough sometimes the ‘perfect sessions’ do not leave me the most stoked but more with the feeling of wanting or needing more. Its’ hard to walk away from clean lines and I find I have…
Surfing is booming right now and more than ever, people are tuning in to watch the WSL Events on the greatly improved Webcast. Two years ago the ‘Dreamtour’ re-shaped itself and dumped the old name ASP to become the slic…
As your intrepid surf bunker correspondent, I fearlessly took it upon my to get myself to get embedded in the food tent right in the thick of things at one of NZ’s favorite surf events, The Kaikoura cold water classic her…
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…
In this electronic age of ether ties, time management and all-round busyness, to grab anyones attention for over 90 seconds is almost an absurd thought. Two guys however managed to do just this to my very self just 30 sec…
This is high octane Dion Agius destroying waves on a mysterious part of the Australian coastline. Enjoy.
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…
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…
Tatiana has got it all, looks, skills and a brain. She also has the support of her mum who was a former professional body board competitor, coming runner up at Pipeline in Hawaii and let’’s not forget the major sponsor of…
A taster of Mason and Mick surfing in Iceland. Looks like a lot of fun.
Surfing is something we do for fun, its super healthy right? Salt water, fresh air, good cardiac workout and it makes people happy, super happy. So why don’t people tell you about the only real obvious side effect of this…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Some people find it hard to share waves... Some people even get in on small days and claim waves... Just share the stoke people!!
How you can learn to survive under water for over 5 mins without breathing.
I won't spoil this but if you are a hipster don't watch it. A little bit of light hipster roasting.
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 …
Firstly, I must point out that if you know enough to know what you want, then that is that, also if you’ve just fallen in love with a particular board then I know how that is, there is no point trying to talk you out of i…