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

Editorial

Big Picture

The Champions of Liberia! • South Africa, Morocco, Senegal and Ghana are the African countries most people associate with surfing. But watch out for Liberia!

FROM GREMMIES TO MEN • SHANN TOMSON REMINISCES ON HIS CHILDHOOD CROWING UP IN THE SURF AND COMMUNITY OF DURBAN’S BAY OF PLENTY AND FOLLOWING HIS DAD’S DIRECTIONS TOWARDS ADULTHOOD.

NURTURE / NATURE: SA’S SURF NURSERIES • GENERATION AFTER GENERATION, SOUTH AFRICA CONTINUES TO SPIT OUT SOME OF THE WORLD’S FINEST SURFING TALENT. WHY? WE ASKED SOME LUMINARY SAFFA SURFING PERSONALITIES TO SING THE PRAISES OF THEIR LOCAL BREAKS.

MUIZENBERG

KOMMETJIE

THE GARDEN ROUTE

J-BAY & ST FRANCIS

GQEBERHA

EAST LONDON

DURBAN

ZAG’S BIG GROM ROLL CALL • BEING A GROM IS HARDER THEN IT LOOKS

A HISTORY OF GROM ABUSE • A DYLAN MUHLENBERG & CLAYTON TRUSCOTT JOURNALISTIC MASH-UP

THE CONTEXT

DIGITAL ALOHA • HERE AT THE ZAG, WE'VE SEEN HOW THE NEXT GENERATION EXPERIENCES LIFE THROUGH THE SCREENS OF THEIR PHONES. SO WE HIT UP EDDIE AIKAU ON CHAT GPT AND ASKED HIM TO LAY DOWN THE LAW OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR TODAY’S LAAITIES!

LIVE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW • Concussions and serious brain injuries suffered while surfing heavy waves tend to be more prevalent and detrimental in young people. So should groms be barred from riding the big stuff?

SHOWCASE

The CORNER SURF Shop

OFF THE Leash The Ben Trovato Column • What got you into surfing? We need to know – so that whatever it was, we can put a stop to it right away.

On Groms

Check Out • Meanwhile in Nigeria…

A Quiet Revolution • Sandile Mqadi, affectionately known as ‘Coach’, is in many ways the godfather of black surfing in KwaZulu-Natal. As the Country Director of Surfers Not Street Children, the work he does through his organisation makes an outsized contribution to the diversity and transformation of surfing in South Africa, from the grassroots all the way to the pointy edge of competitive surfing. This is his story, in his own words.