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A new book claims Byron Bays alternative culture started with the influence of a group of American surfers keen to avoid the Vietnam War draft, not hippies, in the 1960s and 1970s.

How smuggler's, not pro surfers, laid the first surf tracks at one of the world's most perfect reef breaks in the early 1970s.

Premium Content Subscriber only Surfs up in and out of the water as the 2021 Byron Bay Surf Festival is set to offer a stoked three days for surfers of all levels from February 26 to 28. Surfers will be swarming from across the state and over the border to compete in the wave riding events. The festival is also a well-loved event for friends to catch up and relax while watching a film, listening to music or attending a Q&A session. Tickets are on sale for some amazing events in this years l...

The Byron Bay Surf Festival will be a welcome break for lovers of all things waves, ocean and surfing.

Premium Content Subscriber only Surfs up in and out of the water as the 2021 Byron Bay Surf Festival is set to offer a stoked three days for surfers of all levels from February 26 to 28. Surfers will be swarming from across the state and over the border to compete in the wave riding events. The festival is also a well-loved event for friends to catch up and relax while watching a film, listening to music or attending a Q&A session. Tickets are on sale for some amazing events in this years l...

Luke Gartside In current times, it’s hard to resist feeling a nostalgia for the heady days of global surf travel.  So, we’re encouraging you to indulge it enthusiastically with our ongoing series of discovery stories from some of the world’s most prolific surf explorers, running all this winter here on the Wavelengthmag.com  The first edition featured Martin Daly and today we’ve got Jack McCoy, described by many as the world’s premier surf filmmaker, with a career spanning over 4 de...