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.

Tracks

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RABBIT BARTHOLOMEW’S ‘OLD FAITHFUL’ • RABBIT, GIL GLOVER AND PAUL HALLAS COLLABORATE TO RECREATE THE DESIGN THAT POWERED RABBIT’S 1978 WORLD TITLE.

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Memory Millionaire • A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PHOTO ARCHIVE OF PETER ‘JOLI’ WILSON, AKA THE MEMORY MILLIONAIRE.

Dynamic . Hypnotic • WHEN DAKODA WALTERS TAKES OFF, YOU CAN’T LOOK AWAY.

AAEFDA RYOEI HPERTL • HOW BRAZILIAN SHAPER MARCIO ZOUVI IS RIDING A WAVE OF SUCCESS.

THE CURE FOR COVID IS UP YOUR NOSE • A GROUP OF FRIENDS HEAD SOUTH OF THE BORDER WHERE THEY ENCOUNTER COMPETITIVE LONGBOARDERS, DICEY ROADBLOCKS, FANTASY BARRELS AND A COCAINE FUELLED FORTRESS.

TRAPPED IN PARADISE • LIVING AND SURFING ON A LONELY COAST.

POSEIDON’S PLAYGROUND • THE GODLY REALM WHERE A YOUNG GROMMET NAMED CAPTAIN COOK FIRST FELL UNDER THE SPELL OF THE SEA.

TED GRAMBEAU: INTREPID CALLING. • THE ROAMING LENS OF THE GENTLEMAN PHOTOGRAPHER.

REVIEW: WATERPROOF – AUSTRALIAN SURF PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1858. BY JOHN OGDEN • THIS NEW BOOK MAKES SURF PHOTOGRAPHY FEEL LIKE FINE ART WHILE TELLING THE STORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN LOVE AFFAIR WITH WAVES AND THE OCEAN.

WHY SO SERIOUS? • HAS THE ENDLESS SUMMER TURNED INTO AN ENDLESS BUMMER?

THE BOARD IN THE PICTURE • MP’S ‘MORNING OF THE EARTH’ SECTION HAS BEEN MYTHOLOGISED BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BOARD HE RODE IN THE MOVIE?

WATER COLOURED WAVES: PIPELINE • THE DISTILLED SURFING MEMORIES OF DAVE SPARKES.

OCTOBER 1974: IT’S A WONDERFUL WORLD • REVISITING THE BEST OF THE PIG OF STEEL.

Lineup • The only person in the lineup at a heaving West Oz beachie, Jed Mattinson reaches out to salute a bomb.