Tracks Magazine

Searching for a new wave isn’t as simple as turning up at the first spot you think could be on and hoping for the best. Jed Fasso learnt that when his crew arrived in Northern Chile looking to search through unchartered territory in Patagonia. What proceeded was three and a half months of searching and a full feature length film ‘Beyond Borders Patagonia’. The film has been d...

For most surfers, a trip starts with a search for cheap flights and a look at the swell charts. For Michael Dunphy, it begins with pulling a 1978 Cessna out of the hangar and pointing it towards a tiny airstrip somewhere in the Caribbean.

Over the past few years, Dunphy has built a following documenting his self-made strike missions. Equal parts surfer, pilot and ex...

As the sun sets and the sky turns pink, the tide drops in Kerewe on the island of Sumba, revealing a long, peeling right-hander breaking across the shallow reef. Next to Corner Beach Bar, surfboards are stacked in racks facing the ocean. A little further uphill sits Sumba Sunset Surf Camp. This is the business Petrus Laja built: a beach and a surf homestay rooted in local lif...

Year two of Taylor Steele’s Sessions Surf Festival (formerly Solento Surf Festival) is underway this week on the Gold Coast. The event is a curation of live screenings, panels, workshops, art exhibits, surf competitions, and live music. The pristine Mondrian in Burleigh serves as what could likely turn into a high-end cradle of rowdiness by the end of Friday night: we’ll see ...

Kai Neville’s 2009 ‘Modern Collective’ was an era-defining surf film. Back then everything was grungier, louder and a lot more in your face. It’s the kind of attitude that has come back on trend in recent years. One of the highlights of the film was Jordy Smith’s aerial display at a high performance ramp on Reunion Island. At the time Jordy was very much pushing the envelope ...