Wavelength Issue 265 is all about connections, an experience through print, providing authentic long-form stories and beautiful art direction to connect you to the joy of wave sliding.

“Surfing’s greatest gift is that of connection to the sea, in particular to our vibrant coastlines. Those dynamic, majestic boundaries between land and sea from which we learn so much and in which we find so much joy. We are both deeply connected to the sea and absolutely liberated by it. Whilst this sense of connection is embedded within every surfer, some have stories to tell, and it is within these pages that some of those stories will be told.” – Mike Lay

There’s freedom in a magazine; it’s a capsule of thoughts and images that can never be hacked, copied, or tracked in real-time. In a world where we actively participate in selling our information and browsing habits by default, what you read in a mag will never be recorded. Does this matter in a surf mag? Well, it means the finest work from photographers can be reproduced without fear of a browser scrape only to appear on a generic Insta profile.

But more than intellectual rights is the idea of holding a collection of curated and considered thoughts in your hand. It’s a story with a beginning and an end in the attention-harvesting world of the endless scroll.

Wavelength Magazine - Issue 265