2018 Winter Wetsuit Guide – Kassia + Surf
ABOUT Kassia Meador was a professional surfer and ROXY girl for 17 years. Her style and beautiful energy transcended girls of the sea internationally. Kassia now runs her own eco-conscious surf brand KASSIA + SURF, where she focusses on superior quality
VIDEO: Zahli Kelly Does More Air-Revs In One Minute Than Most Boys
FEATURE // CLIP OF THE WEEK Edit by Ethan Kelly Soundtrack 'I Wanna Fight' by The Ruminaters There is more to 14-year-old Zahli Kelly from New South Wales than this 60 seconds of radical air surfing. She wants to be a physicist, but
VIDEO: Jaleesa Vincent Is Off The Rails
VIDEO // CLIP OF THE WEEK Video by Luka Raubenheimer Featuring Jaleesa Vincent Music by La Luze, Sleep Til They Die & Hankwood & The Hammer Heads, The Ghost Animations by Jaleesa Vincent One of our faves from the Sunny Coast, who lead the way
GALLERY: Watch Out! The Pro Juniors Have Just Pushed The Boundaries Further
EVENT // 2018 HYDRALITE SPORTS PRO JUNIOR GOLD COAST The final day of World Surf League (WSL) Junior Qualifying Series (JQS) competition saw a repeat of Day 1 with pumping 3-4ft (1.5 – 2m) waves on offer for the best junior
CLIP OF THE WEEK: Philippa Anderson’s Thursday Thread Through
CLIP OF THE WEEK // PHILIPPA ANDERSON Video by Philippa's Dad & Shane Blue Soundtrack 'Knife' by Bad Pony This week a surprise swell and offshore autumn winds threw out some nice looking waves on the New South Wales coastline. Looks like top-running
PODCAST: Kassia Meador Is At The Forefront Of Something Exciting
PODCAST // EPISODE 6 WITH KASSIA MEADOR Kassia Meador Is A Leader In Women’s Longboarding & A Surf Industry Entrepreneur Photos by Dane Peterson Visit KASSIA + SURF When you’re out in the line up, packed or alone, it feels like you’re part of
PODCAST: Izzi Gomez Is Part Of This Sports New Movement
PODCAST // EPISODE 3 WITH IZZI GOMEZ If you've been reading stories and results on The Mermaid Society since we first started then you'll know a little about Floridian Izzi Gomez. She's the SUP surfing prodigal grom who, in 2017 has won
Liv Stokes On: The 5 Top Surf Spots South Of Lima
TRAVEL // LIV STOKES The 2017 Pan American Trial surf event was held this month in Punta Rocas, south of Lima and I was fortunate to to spend ten days there with the Canadian National Surf Team. Punta Rocas is about one-and-a-half
Tyler Wright Wins 2nd World Surfing Title At 2017 Maui Pro
EVENT // 2017 MAUI PRO Well here we are, she's made it two. 23 year-old Tyler Wright from Culburra on the NSW South Coast has just won her second consecutive World Title, crowned at Honolua Bay on the north side of Maui
A Brand New Surfing World Tour Announced For 2018
THE MERMAID SOCIETY // SURFING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOUR Well, it looks like the World Surf League has reshuffled, added and taken away tour spots for the 2018 World Championship Tour, and in our opinion, it's all for the better. Best news,
Chelsea Tuach Isn’t Done Yet!
FEATURE // CLIP OF THE WEEK Chelsea Tuach was the first Barbadian surfer to ever qualify for the illustrious World Surf League Championship Tour. After a long list of wins and titles in mainland America and the Qualifying Series, Tuach achieved
PODCAST: Extraordinary Girls Of The Sea, Our Conversation With Caroline Marks
PODCAST // EPISODE 1 WITH CAROLINE MARKS Just yesterday I caught up with Caroline Marks. She's had a crazy couple of weeks, as she describes it. On her flight home from Australia after getting knocked out of the final Qualifying Series
From Ireland To An Island & A Mermaid’s Paradise – The Grace Doyle Files
FEATURE // CLIP OF THE WEEK Grace Doyle is from Tramore, south-east of Ireland. It's no tropical surf destination, but it gets some pretty epic swells whipped up from the mighty North Atlantic Ocean. In July, during the European summer the
Here’s How The 2018 Surfing World Title Will Unfold
This is a complicated time of year in surfing. There are numbers and formulas going round and round, rumours and speculation as to who can win what or get what points to get where. I'm not a numbers person so
Paige Alms Hadn’t Paddle Surfed Jaws Since Last Event
FEATURE // LIPPED, THE SURFERS' PODCAST Two times Pe'ahi Challenge champion Paige Alms has confessed in an interview with James Miles that she hadn't had a paddle surf session since last year's event. The big wave surfer from Maui reveals her intense
Paige Alms Is The Champion Of Pe’ahi Again
THE MERMAID SOCIETY | 29 OCT 2017 PE'AHI CHALLENGE, MAUI HAWAII It's early in the Hawaiian swell season as the roar of the winter waves begin to approach, and the Pacific Ocean has been reeling this week with typhoons positioning themselves
The 2017/18 Pe’ahi Challenge Will Run This Friday
World's Best Big Wave Invitees Are Headed To Pe'ahi Challenge Defending champion and local charger Paige Alms will welcome Justine Dupont, Andrea Moeller, Keala Kennelly, Felicity Palmateer, Bianca Valenti and alternates surfers Emily Erickson, Nicole Pacelli, Laura Enever to Maui today
Phillip Island Pro Provides Equal Prize Money For Men & Women This Weekend
Prize Money Equality Finally Arrives In Surfing In a move that has automatically made Surfing Victoria our new favourite sporting body in the world, the Phillip Island Pro will award the female winners of this weekend's event equal prize money. A statement
Carissa Moore’s Victory In France
Carissa Moore Gains Late Momentum In Europe With One Event Remaining The surfing World Tour has had some interesting moments and switches this year. It started with old favourite and style master Steph Gilmore reigniting her fire at the first event,
Big Wave Women’s Event Confirmed At Mavericks
World Class Women's Big Wave Event At Mavericks Locked In The World Surf Leauge has announced that the Titan Of Mavericks event at the infamous Mavericks big wave spot in northern California will be locked in, and it will include women. The
