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.

MAKING TRACKS • FOOT PRINTS IN THE SAND BEHIND US, MANY MORE TO TREAD.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

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IN PRAISE OF THE SURF PHOTO • Why the printed image will always matter in surfing.

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STEPH GILMORE: SURFER OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM • How a smiling kid from Kingscliff owned the last two decades in surfing.

THE CAT WITH THE CREAM • The nine lives of Robbie Page – the OG Houso, Pipe Master, Indigenous surfing champion, surf wax entrepreneur, maniac – and how he always lands on his feet.

WHEREVER WE MAY ROAM • Tahlija Redgard is a freesurfer in the truest sense.

GABRIEL MEDINA AND THE ARC OF REDEMPTION • Why Gabby is back in the good books.

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS • An alternative take on Australian Surfing History. Part II: 1964 - 1974

JACK & OCCY • The enduring friendship that helped create a timeless classic.

JOHN WITZIG & THE GOLDEN AGE • The renaissance man who captured the zeitgeist of early Australian surf culture.

NOT THE OLD ‘BALI REACHES CRITICAL MASS’ STORY • From Albe to Anushka on the Island of the Gods.

THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR WOMEN’S SURFING • Through the decades and 600 issues of Tracks, plenty has changed for women in surfing – and yet plenty remains the same. How far off equality are we? Kate Allman talks to legends from the past and present to unpack what’s holding women back.

FOLLOWING THE WHITE RABBIT • Stories from in and out of Jeffreys Bay.

THE INDO MOTORCYCLE DIARIES: CHAPTER VIII • Heading home.

CLASSIC LINES • A selection of quotes from 600 issues of Tracks.

SEA THE SWELLS – WATCH THE SUN • For a revered musician and songwriter who found inspiration and purpose in surfing, psychedelia and nature, it took a darkened cinema, the teenage camaraderie of fellow surfers and musos, the first viewing of a classic surf movie and the sweet melodies of their cool jazz soundtracks to inspire one of his greatest works.

UNEARTHED: PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF STEPHEN COONEY • Mischievous manipulation with MP andTF.

WATER COLOURED WAVES: TEAHUPO’O • THE DISTILLED SURFING MEMORIES OF DAVE SPARKES.

LINEUP • MEXICO HASN’T HAD THE BEST PRESS REGARDING SAFETY FOR TRAVELLING SURFERS OF LATE. WHAT WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO RISK FOR THE VISION THAT KYLE BUTHMAN IS EXPERIENCING HERE?