Zigzag

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

Zigzag

MOZAMBIQUE ENERGY!

PRESSURE CREATES DIAMONDS

LAND OF GOOD PEOPLE • A brief history of (surfing in) Mozambique.

IN THE DAYS OF Gold & Slaves

NOW LET’S GO Surf!

Ponta BLOWS UP

Land of good people (AND GOOD WAVES)

IT’S COMPLICATED

BURNT RETINAS • ENDLESS POINT BREAKS PERFECT WAVES WHITE SANDY BEACHES WARM TURQUOISE WATERS

INHACA

PONTA DO OURO

INHACA

PONTA

EARLY CYCLONE CHASE

2013 DEEP PONTA PERFECTION

POMENE

IT TAKES A VILLAGE • The Tofo Surf Club has set the tempo for Mozambique’s fledgling surf culture - while creating opportunities and influences that reverberate way beyond the simple act of riding waves in paradise.

TOFO SURF CLUB

A NOSSA MANEIRA OUR WAY!

MANU SHAPES TOFO • Ding repair is atime-tested gateway into full-blown surfboard shaping, and both are essential to a thriving surf culture. Manuel Augusto Nhamussua is planting these skills in the Tofo surf community.

SURF É VIDA • SINCE THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR IN 1992, THE ONLY SURFERS IN PONTA DO OURO HAVE BEEN A SMALL CREW OF SAFFA EX-PATS, MOZAMBICAN BLOW-INS FROM MAPUTO, AND THE STEADY STREAM OF SURF TRAVELLERS FROM SOUTH OF THE BORDER. THAT ALL CHANGED IN 2020 WHEN TWO BRAZILIANS ARRIVED AND SET UP THE LWANDI SURF CLUB.

BEYOND THE BEACH • Mozambique’s beaches are the mainstay of the country’s tourism industry. But as Angus Begg discovers, there are inland wonders and miracles to be discovered too such as the Gorongosa National Park.

Mozambique, Inclusivity & Muizenberg • The story of Gorongosa’s conception may possibly be Africa’s greatest tale of restoration and rehabilitation.

DIFFERENT Worlds • "Greg Carr sold his telecommunications business for a healthy profit and started looking for a project in Africa where he couId make the proverbial difference.

COFFEE & TREES Mt Gorongosa

JOURNEY TO THE Kodzue Caves

Camps & OTHER BEDS • "Warthogs race diagonally across our path, while the lake’s trademark herds of waterbuck stare, painted sienna by a fast-setting sun."

SURFING NEAR A WARZON • IN 2012, PIONEERING SURF PHOTOGRAPHERJOHN SEATON CALLAHAN LED ASMALL GROUP TO EXPLORE THE WAVES OF NORTH-EASTERN NAMPULA PROVINCE. THEY DISCOVERED AN AREA RICH IN HISTORY AND SURF POTENTIAL. FIVE YEARS LATER, AN ISLAMIC INSURGENCY KICKED OFF IN NEIGHBOURING CABO DELGADO PROVINCE - AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT MOZAMBIQUE BEGAN DEVELOPING THE VAST OFFSHORE NATURAL GAS DEeoms IN THE AREA. ALL OF WHICH MAKE FURTHER SURF 4DVENTURES IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY PARTICULARLY SKETCHY, BUT ALSO TANTALISING…

RUN-DOWN & RESTORED

STRANGE WAVES

ISLAMIST MILITANCY IN CABO DELGADO • IN 2017, ARMED CONFLICT ERUPTED IN MOZAMBIQUE’S NORTHERNMOST PROVINCE OF CABO DELGADO, THREATENING ALMOST THREE DECADES OF PROGRESS, PEACE AND PROSPERITY. MOZAMBICAN JOURNALIST TAVARES CEBOLA SHARES HIS CRIB NOTES.

MOZAM BIOUE TRAVEL GUIDE 23

SURFERS NOT STREET CHILDREN • EVERY BREAKING WAVE IS A NEW BEGGING SUPPORT TOFO SURF CLUB, OUR MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN MOZAMBIQUE DONATE TODAY AT WWW.SURFNOTSTREETS.ORG INSTAGRAM @ SURFERSNOTSTREETCHILDREN

OFF THE LEASH

THE DANCE & DESTRUCTION

THE PILGRIMAGE

THE CIRCUS

THE AFTERMATH

The Last Surf Trip