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Local Knowledge: Chelsea & Mike Denning, Oceanside, San Diego USA

Appropriately named for its picturesque location along a small stretch of America's infamous West Coast, the Californian town of Oceanside had humble beginnings first as a landmark during the time of Spanish exploration and mission-building in the San Luis Rey...

Local Knowledge: Audrey Hills, Manly Beach Sydney

Along the crystalline coast of Sydney's northern beaches, Manly Beach is just a 30-minute ferry ride across the harbour, promising a sneaky reprieve from the ever-beating pulse of frantic city life. Writer, explorer, self-confessed surfing fanatic and San D...

South American Surfari: Family Escapes In Coastal Peru

Former East Coast Canadians Amy Schwartz and John Furness of Unleash create unique remote working experiences for surfers with wanderlust. The duo are currently set up on location in Huanchaco, Peru – credited as a birthplace of surfing dating back 5,000 y...

California With Kids: Surfing USA In Coastal Cardiff and La Jolla

With family scattered the length of the USA West Coast and flights from Australia's eastern seaboard usually cheaper to fly to LA over other US cities, we've spent a lot of time over the years in sunny California. As beach lovers and surf seekers, we've gr...

Tokyo’s Hidden Tropics: Exploring Japan’s Niijima Island

Niijima; the official region of Tokyo you've that probably never heard of. It sits 160km offshore from the city in the Izu Islands, a cluster of volcanic isles known for their azure waters, lush green forests, onsen (hot springs) and seafood. Part of the Fuji ...

9 Reasons To Take A Family Surf Holiday To Crescent Head

The Set Up: Since the 50’-60’s golden era of longboard surfari exploration, Crescent Head – a tiny village perched on Australia’s eastern seaboard – has been a fave of surfers making the dash between Sydney and the Sunshine State. While the shortboard revol...

Local Knowledge: Keith Curtain, Port Fairy Victoria

Tucked at the end of the spectacular Great Ocean Road and three hours south-west of Melbourne lies Port Fairy. ASB Magazine publisher and Go Surf surf school owner Keith Curtain and his family – wife Fiona and six year-old daughter Kitty – are proud to call...

Behind The Book: Surfari By Tim Baker

The blurb on the back of Tim Baker’s Surfari reads ‘On The Road meets Endless Summer’, however those classics by Kerouac and Brown certainly never undertook packing up a young family to travel around Australia in search of waves. Celebrated surf journalist ...

Burleigh With Babes: Things To Do With Kids At Burleigh Headland

Most of the Gold Coast’s beachfront has development right up to the shore, but right on the point of Burleigh Heads lies a pocket of dense greenery that offers scenic walkways and an impressive lookout that offers a great vantage spot to take in the magnificen...