Surfing World | Issue 425

SW425 is a modern classic. Where to start? Maybe with Van Whiteman on the cover and 40 pages of Cyclone Alfred photos with words from Nick Carroll.

Beyond that the mag goes deep.

There’s Derek Hynd’s “The Last Days of Davo,” published two years after it was first written in the weeks after Chris Davidson’s death. There’s Sam Yoon’s three-wave hold-down at Peahi which led him on a metaphysical journey through the Hawaiian islands. There’s George Greenough’s incredible disappearing surfboard and Harry Bryant’s Hawaiian winter with the old gods.

We discover why the humble wave at Huzzas is the most important wave in the west, and we hear what really happened behind the scenes on Blue Horizon. There’s the story of Ziggy Alberts’ rise from the streets of Byron to the Royal Albert Hall in London, as well as tributes and stories for three departed legends – Phyllis O’Donell, Tom Peterson and Shane Herring.

Surfing World 425 is 180 pages of deep surf culture, published independently on the North Coast of NSW.