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BORN WITH GILLS

  • Bodysurfing : Always Trust Your Instincts
    A musical journey of bodysurfing, persistence and stoke It was one of those Fridays I look forward to all week – my meetings let out at noon, which, gives me enough time to scour the coastline of my h …
  • Freediving : The Deep Week Diary
    As a rock hopping spearfisherman in Sydney, it can be pretty hard to improve your deep diving skills and experience. We simply lack access to the depth opportunities needed and if I had to be honest, …
  • Bodysurfing: Great Friday
    There is always a lot to look forward to with the Easter break. With four days off, its the first real holiday of the year and depending on your beliefs provides a moment to reflect, worship, repent, …
  • Bodysurfing : The Great Survey Results
    So the results are in and what a fantastic response!  Overall there were an amazing 225 submissions from across the globe. So it took a bit of time to harmonise the information such as standardising t …
  • Bodysurfing : The Man Who Thought He Was a Fish
    La Jolla Cove has grown from 10 feet to 16 feet in the last hour, and Mark Drewelow is sprinting to get outside. Between a pocket beach and two ugly rocky outcrops is a very bad excuse for a “channel” …

Garage Handplanes

  • The Noosa Festival of Surfing – More Than Just a Competition
    With the third annual Garage Handplanes Body Bash almost locked away for 2018, we thought it was about time we reflect back on this year’s superb event and share some of the images and memories from w …
  • Noosa Surf Festival 2017 :: Garage Handplanes Bodybash
    The Garage Handplanes Body Bash has just leapt up a few notches this week, the with the inclusion of some very special guests into the weekend’s activities. World-renowned as one of the finest bodysur …
  • Australian Womens Health Magazine February 2017
    We were totally stoked to be featured in a photo shoot in Australian Women’s Health Magazine for a feature article on surfing.  Handplanes never looked so good!   Thanks so much to the Surf Collective …
  • The Worlds and The World
    The World Bodysurfing Championships took place either side of Oceanside Pier, California, over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of August, 2016. It was the 40th year of the contest and a special celeb …
  • Bodysurfing, The Next Sport In The Olympics?
    Last weekend Sydney’s Northern beaches played host to the first Whomp Off Australia event. It was a team focused bodysurfing event organised by Rikki Gilbey, founder of WAW Handplanes. An article publ …

PPP Handboards

  • Many Barrels
    We love this view of manly barrels from #ppphandboards beautifully crafted Velo Midi.For a lot of people, you won’t get what’s the big deal until you bodysurf with our quality Velo Handboards for the …
  • PPP Handboards for bodysurfing Review by Cameron
    Hey my name is Cameron C.  I have owned your hardboards and appeared on the PPP Instagram page.  I just wanted to let you know these hardboards are great.  In my most recent youtube video, https://you …
  • Carbon Edge – thoughts from one of our customers
    Sal and Cam have VeloSX PPP bodysurfing handboards as well as a Carbon Edge bodysurfing handplane … this from Sal & Cam ”  On 18 Oct 2016, at 2:45 AM, Sal wrote: Hi Damien, We finally had a swell co …
  • PPP bodysurfing handboards announced the Carbon VR for under USD $70
    Made from strong, lightweight Carbon, our most advanced performance bodysurfing handplane. Sleek and slippery, sizzling F1 carbon sled racing down the line and trimming in the bowl. No foam core with …
  • PPP Carbon Edge bodysurfing handplane / handboard at Manly last Sunday
    Made from strong, lightweight Carbon, our most advanced performance bodysurfing handplane. Sleek and slippery, sizzling F1 carbon sled racing down the line and trimming in the bowl. No foam core with …