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.

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RIDE EVERYTHING: THE BEST OF BOTH BLANKS • MICHAEL WATKINS’ CORE DUO BLANK OFFERS AN EXCITING SOLUTION TO THE EPS VS PU PROBLEM.

DOWN MEMORY LAYNE • In her very first feature interview in the history of Tracks, the former GOAT of women’s surfing opens up about her rocky relationship with surf media, and how it felt to be dethroned in 2022.

BALLAD OF THE BUSTED LUNG • A desert tale of pickle-cakes, cliff-top birthdays and outrageous barrels

FROM DUST TO DREAM • A collection of stories, surf-escapades and soirees take us on a vivid journey from Australia’s arid mining settings to the Mentawais, and quite literally everywhere in-between.

THE INDO MOTORCYCLE DIARIES • G-Land devotees, the ghosts of Alas Purwo and an undercover cop looking for salvation. Part one of a series featuring one surfer’s observations of Indo as they traverse the archipelago by motorbike.

DARK LINEAGE

FCD STEP-IT-UP DOWN UNDER • The crew from FCD in the US were recently in Oz to spread the message about their commitment to building high quality surfboards that last longer.

THE FREE RIDE GENERATION • Mark Richards, Rabbit Bartholomew, Shaun Tomson and Peter Townend turn back the clock.

THE ASCENSION OF MIKALA JONES • Mikala Jones was a source of pride in Indonesia and Bali in particular. In honour of Mikala Jones’ tragic passing in the Mentawai, pursuing what he loved most, here is what the last look at the man was like.

TURN THE PAGE & HOLD ON • An extract from ‘Lines’, by James Russell

TRAVELS WITH DAVE • Tracks Co-owner, Dave Mulham, likes to roam but typically combines his travels with an altruistic dimension.

UNEARTHED: PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF STEPHEN COONEY • Gerry and Owl, 2SM/coke surfabout, 1974

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

FIFTY YEARS OF TUBULAR SWELLS AT PADANG PADANG

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