Stuart Gibson is a local surf photographer who has been making a reputation for himself in some of the best surf mags. He is a real contender for the $100,000 Nescafe prize, so log on and vote for hi
 

Just before Easter, Sean Davey came down with Mark Healey, Greg Long, Rusty Long and Jamie Sterling to make the most of the 'big swell'. They did a lot of miles all over the island and caugh
 

The East Coast was pumping - glassy with double overhead sets pushung down the point at Buxton. I couldn't wait to get in the water with my new twin fin. I hadn't ever been into twins much first tim
 

Emily Davey has produced a really classy piece of work with her oral history of surfing in Tasmania - Secrets of the Island. It's a 200 page, full colour, glossy production based around interviews wi
 

Here's the latest postcard from Sean Davey. He's been hanging around home in Hawaii a bit lately, so he sent this photo from Wiamea Bay. Not quite the shot we are used to from there, but Sean says it
 

After years of getting all the details right, our Japanese translation site is finally online! The whole thing works perfectly as a secure e-commerce site so that our Japanese surfer dude mates can o
 

Sean Davey is a pretty rabid ex Tassie boy who likes to keep in touch as he flies around the globe taking shots of the best surf there is. We thought we ought to start sharing some of the thoughts an
 

The Big Betsy website has been revived. It doesn't have the early morning shots of South Arm beaches, but it does have all the other great links and a gallery of local photographer Suart Gibson's sh
 

Sean Davey, master freelance surf photographer, is an ex Tassie boy now living in Hawaii. He travels the globe shooting in the most exotic surf locations in the world and selling his wares to the top
 

Remember Point Handspike on Macquarie Island? The inset photo with Smooth Tim should remind you (and if not check out earlier news posts). Anyway, Bear (Claire) and Beechy are on the island (the one
 

Some of you will have noticed that the Big Betsy website will be closing down at the end of the month. It hasn't been up long and it gives the best indication of the swell in Storm Bay. Emerson posts
 

Here are the new logos. VERY Sexy Nick!! You can also find a few new spray designs on the design page (via the Range page), and I'm finally getting around to putting the Nomad up as part of the Rang
 

Ethan Wilson, one of our sponsored riders, has just managed to bag the Tasmanian under 18 junior title when he won the East Coast Junior Classic recently. He's also the High School Boys Division 1 ch
 

Arturs Innis has handed over his precious Tassie surf footage to producer Tony Fox (ex Tasmanian working for Channel 7 in Sydney). Tony will be making a 'Best Of' compilation video. He has pu
 

This photo of Andy Campbell at Shipstern Bluff was on the front cover of one of Tasmania's main daily newspapers, The Mercury. This shot is for real, so if you're thinking of coming to tackle the mon
 

This story is about a new addition to the Stranger Range - The Nomad. Nick has been developing the design for about a year and we’re ready to give it a birth in the Range, but that takes a bit of time
 

We finally got our first online order from the UK, and it ended up being from someone you might know - especially those of you from the UK. Stu Matheson is famous for being the guy on a Chanel 4 TV s
 

Great news. You can now order a surfboard online! It has taken awhile to get everything working just right, but the process is secure and safe and it works! Check it out and you'
 

These T-shirts are now available. They are made of strong thick cotton and available in this colour only. I've only had 60 printed so if you want one get in quick! The Stuff page isn't quite workin
 

This shot was taken in 1974, mostly to distract the guy from the job of searching our combi; something he had been doing for ages and continued to do until he had left no stone unturned - well almost!
 

When you see pictures of perfect waves like this do you wonder where the crowd is, or how many people are really out there and why no one is on this wave? Is it a freak set or did half a dozen fuckwit
 

Point Handspike, Macquarie Island. Apparently unridden, and probably the most isolated rideable wave in the world. Well we think it's rideable. Tim took an old Stranger board down there for his 12
 

Every now and then Nick indulges himself by making a board just to satisfy some kind of artistic urge. These Signature Models always get a lot of attention. The retro twin pictured here
 

Sally bought her first custom made surfboard from Nick this week. It's a 6'10" retro cruiser and a perfect first board - stable yet quick and easy to turn. The photo shows that first streak of wax a
 

The Stranger Surfboards website was launched on 11 Nov 2002. Not everything works yet (sorry). Like you can't order a board automatically - but you can play around with the order form and place an o