Tracks

Tracks is Australia's leading surfing magazine. For over 40 years Tracks has tapped into the minds of cheeky grommets and grizzled gurus alike, and remains the voice of hardcore surfing in Australia today. Every month it takes you to the most exotic surfing locations, fills you in on what's happening on the pro-circuit as well as at your local beaches. Tracks is the surfer's bible.

WHERE WILL WE GO NOW? • IT’S NEVER BEEN TRICKIER TO MAKE TRACKS AROUND THE GLOBE.

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LIVE A LITTLE LIGHTER WHEN IT COMES TO PACKAGING

KELLY SLATER MEETS THE PRESS • A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PHOTO ARCHIVE OF PETER ‘JOLI’ WILSON, AKA THE MEMORY MILLIONAIRE.

Fantasea • Sometimes it’s fun to ride waves where the only limitation on where you can go is the breadth of your imagination. Most of us have indulged in our fair share of surfing fantasies, but some possess the skills to transpose inventive ideas into a visual form that can be appreciated by many. Playing on this lust for pure escapism we will be dedicating a double page to the wild imaginings of artists and illustrators.To kick off the series we’ve dialled in the original Tracks provocateur, Captain Goodvibes.

MOLLY PICKLUM • IS READY FOR TAKE-OFF

TICKLING THE CLOUDS • ROAMING TASMANIA WITH CHIPPA WILSON.

AIR WIND FIRE • ALBEE LAYER’S PROGRESSION FORCES A REBRAND OF BLOWN OUT.

UNCHARTERED WATERS • NOW THAT INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL IS INCHING BACK, WHERE WILL YOU GO WHEN YOU CAN GO?

HIGH CULTURE. • LUNGI SLABB TURNS TUBE RIDING INTO AN ART FORM AND TEACHES US ABOUT RESPECT FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES.

the art of trim • A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF THE JOY TO BE FOUND IN SIMPLY GOING STRAIGHT.

THE CRAZY KANGAROO • DYLAN LONGBOTTOM’S EVOLUTION FROM CORE›LORD AUSSIE CHARGER TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST IN DEMAND SHAPERS.

The Treasure Map • THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXTRACT FROM MADELAINE DICKIE’S ‘CHASING THE BIRDS’, WHICH APPEARS IN THE ANTHOLOGY OF SURF WRITING LINES TO THE HORIZON. PUBLISHED BY FREMANTLE PRESS.

Margo Goes at Pipe

January 1975: Goodvibes Goes to Atlantis

Pottz Takes Surfing Into a New Stratosphere • DECEMBER, 1987

Classic Tracks: 1973 – ‘Paradise Found’

Line-up • It’s probably fair to say that New Zealand is better known for its long roping left-handers than it is for picturesque right-hand pointbreaks. However, this shot taken by NZ photographer Rambo Estrada is doing everything it can to dispel the myth.