Zigzag

Zigzag is one of South Africa's oldest niche titles, and the fifth longest running surf magazine in the world. For more than three decades we've been delivering surf journalism of the highest quality, stunning surf imagery and world class magazine production values.

Zigzag

Big Wednesday, Kommetjie, 19 January 2022

A fine canvas to demonstrate this near-perfect bottom turn

Rare Birds

RETURN TO SENDER • A tale of two surfboards lost at sea, and how their unlikely return mirrors Swedish-Kommetjie surfer Odd Grimm Persson’s personal narrative: of injury, recovery, overcoming fear, and the pursuit of very big waves.

Blue Lagoons • Estuaries are the nurseries of the seas; and they play a crucial role in regulating the sand flows that sculpt the waves we love to surf. Yet we clog, poison and mine them – and then wonder why we’re running out of marine fish.

GHANA GET SOME

The FOUR Battlefields • Shaun Tomson won the world title in 1976, threading pumping Haleiwa tubes. Tune in as he reminisces, and explains why Hawaii remains the molten core of the surfing universe.

DOING TIME • Locked on the Rock

Ohlala! • Maxwell Gifted abandoned a high-flying corporate gig at Nike (and a more sophisticated life in Paris) to follow his heart to the island of Mauritius – and shoot waves in the Indian Ocean.

NOT The Banzai PIPELINE • A tale of two lesser-known lefts that illustrates how much surf potential remains to be discovered along the South African coastline.

TRUE TO THE CORE • Rebounding from a bad car accident at the age of 18, Kevin Olsen has found his balance, and has carved a niche in the heavy beachbreaks of France as a surfer, shaper and yoga devotee. This is his story.

ZIGZAG Travel Guide ‘22 • SURF TRAVEL IS BACK, FIRE UP THOSE ENGINES! IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING…

OFF THE Leash • The Ben Trovato Column

Mission Impossible • The Litterboom Project wins a small victory against the tide of KZN’s rolling environmental crises.

Backwash

Weekend Specials • With just 48 hours to make it happen, all roads invariably lead back to Milnerton Lighthouse.

Sibling Rivalry