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.

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YVON CHOUINARD • SURFING’S PHILOSOPHER KING

the Genuines • MEET 4 SOUTH AFRICAN SURFING ORIGINALS WHO PROVE THAT THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SUBSTANCE.

The Natural • FROM THE GNARLIEST GREAT WHITE SHARK ENCOUNTER TO BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE WSL’S EQUAL PAY CONTROVERSY AND A SLEW OF REGULAR HEAT WINS FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO CALIFORNIA, TAIWAN AND JAPAN - 15 YEAR OLD ZOË STEYN HAS BEEN CALM THROUGH THE STORM AND ALWAYS SEEMS TO COME UP SMILING.

THE HUMÁNITARIÁN • BORN IN LANDLOCKD ZIMBABWE, MANDLA NDLOVU IS THE MOST UNLIKWLY CANDIDATE TO HAVE CARVED OUT A CAREEA AS A COACH, WSL JUDGE AND SURF GUIDE WHO SPENDS HALF HIS TIME IN SRI LANKA. BUT THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HE’S DONE.

A BEAUTIFUL MIND • BACK IN 2014 STEFF BURROWS FELL FROM GRACE, HARD. INSTEAD OF WALLOWING IN IT AND FEELING SORRY FOR HIMSELF, HE DRAGGED HIS ASS TO UNIVERSITY AND FIGURED OUT HE COULD RIP APPLIED MATHS ALMOST AS HARD AS HIS BOTTOM TURN.

The Specialist • FROM SKELETON BAY TO PIPE THERE’S ONE NAME THAT KEEPS POPPING UP. BENJI BRAND. AND BENJI’S BRAND IS BIG LEFT PITS.

THE RHYTHM METHOD • MICHAEL FEBRUARY IS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT SURFERS IN THE WORLS THIS MINUTE HIS TRAJECTORY HOLDS MUCK PROMISE + POTENTIAL ALAN VAN GYSEN TRAVELLED WITH HIM TO GHANA IN SEARCH OF RARE GROOVES + INSPIRATION FOR HIS NEXT CHAPTER

SHOT BRU • DAMN, WE LOVE YOUR PICS

SHOWCASE

THE CAPTAIN • Michael Larmont hails from the era where surfers had to do it all. A competitor, explorer, innovator and businessman. In so doing he made a massive impact on South Africa as a surfing nation.

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