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Subscriber only Surf s 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 year s line-up but don t wait or you could miss out.
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Subscriber only Surf s 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 year s line-up but don t wait or you could miss out.
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 decades.
Photos: (L) via sportshutters & (R) By Art Brewer via EOS
Born in LA and raised in Hawaii, Jack spent his youth organising surf film screenings, before moving to Australia in the early ‘70s to shoot stills and write stories for Tracks. He discovered the wonders of Bali’s Bukit before the masses, coaxing Gerry Lopez and Jeff Hakman out for their first trip in ‘74 with a photo of an Uluwatu spinner pinned to the wall of his restaurant. Soon after, Jack swapped his stills camer