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Surf Better – Quick Tips to Prepare For Your Surf Trip

Turning up on an eagerly-awaited surf trip unfit is less than ideal. What is also less than ideal is wasting three days while your body remembers how your muscles work. We offer some practical at-home tips for you to have ...

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Mada x Soul & Surf: Surfboard Shenanigans

Our Adam – head honcho over at Soul & Surf Portugal & shaper of surfboards at Mada – delves into some of the different shapes & styles of stick, and explains why you can never have too many.

Soul & Surf Sunday Sessions

How do the filthy pursuits of parties and music fit with our holier-than-thou surf, yoga & nowness obsessions?

Anita’s Surfing Journey – Trying Harder, Or At Least Not Giving Up.

We talk to Anita about her journey from corporate burnout to dedicated surfer, overcoming frustrations and excuses - and discovering resilience and personal growth along the way.

Soul People | Pooja Punjabi

Next up in our Soul People Series: meet Pooja Punjabi, one of our yoga teachers in India.

Soul & Surf’s Design Style

How Soul & Surf’s graphic design played its part in us finding our niche within the surf, yoga and retreats world.

Soul People | Lucy Small

We chat with Australian surfer and equal rights activist Lucy Small, about Soul, Surfing and her short film, Yama, that follows her as she travels to Ghana to meet with a group of pioneering female surfers and skaters.

Off The Beaten Path – A Family Adventure

The essence of Soul & Surf is travel - good ol' off-the-beaten-track exploration. After all, the company was dreamt up while Ed & Sofie were on a round the world trip. So it makes sense to reignite that sense of adventure - ...

Why Surfing Is Good For Your Mental Health

Anyone that has shaken off a bad mood by immersing themselves in water knows how cathartic the ocean can be. And us surfers are very aware of how important the connection with the sea is to our mental health. Guest ...

How To Travel Without Single Use Plastic

Soul & Surf’s quick and easy guide to travelling without single-use plastic. We're keeping it simple with a short list of how to pack – and travel – with as little of the bad stuff as you can.

Sustainably Solo: The Green Angle to Taking a Solo Trip

Going solo isn't just about popping off on an adventure – it's a chance to expand your understanding of different cultures, landscapes and even to make better choices for the planet. When you travel solo, you're in control of every decision ...

Top 10 Best Yoga Books To Deepen Your Practice

Everyday life is full of meaningful moments that shape who we are. Yoga isn't just about poses; it's a part of our daily experience, guiding us through challenges and growth. We've chosen a selection of books that offer practical insights, ...

Celebrating the Cove Surf Jam — in conversation with Sam Bleakley

We put on our first ever Cove Surf Jam over at Soul & Surf Sri Lanka, a low-key, inclusive celebration of alternative craft, soul surfing and community. Ed chats with our good friend Sam Bleakley, who helped us out with advising, ...

Soul People – Dan Burgess

We love chatting with our guests, especially when we realise that they do, well, really cool stuff. Meet Dan Burgess: storyteller, podcaster and un-learning guide determined to shift our narrative about nature and the world we are part of.

A Day at a Yoga & Surf Retreat in Sri Lanka

Surf & Yoga retreats in the tropics. All sounds a bit dreamy, right? But what actually happens on these holidays? We've broken down a typical day at our beachside Sri Lanka retreat.

Yoga is Making Waves: How to Prepare for Your Surf Trip

Yoga & surf share more than they differ. Both practices require dedication, discipline and consistency, plus both confer a sense of peace & joy - and more often than not, frustration too. We offer some tips on how some simple yoga practices ...

Embracing Independence: The Beauty and Benefits of Solo Travel

All aboard the solo travel train: turn left without a committee meeting, eat, surf, move at your own pace, and stumble upon unexpected adventures – all on your terms.

Top 10 Ethical Surfboard Brands

We like surfboards. You like surfboards. But the production process can be pretty toxic, both for the shaper and the environment. So we’ve put together a list of our favourite ethical surfboard brands.

Why Autumn is the Best Time of Year in Portugal

We've been hanging out on the South Coast of Portugal's Algarve for nearly eight years now – how has that happened?? – so we've got a pretty good sense of our favourite things, particularly when it is surf-related.

Soul People – Nick Hounsfield

Founder of The Wave, Nick's passion for surfing inspired him to create a unique experience in a landlocked city, challenging traditional notions of wave-riding. Through his vision and dedication, he has bought together the local surf community and provided the ...

Soul of Surfing, the Four Pillars – Wave Riding

In the final instalment of our Four Pillars series, we explain our four levels of surfer - and why everyone can do with some coaching.

Soul of Surfing, the Four Pillars – Soul Surfing

In the third installment of our Four Pillars series we share the stuff that inspires us – and ask, what is Soul Surfing? ...and in doing so kinda explain why we are called Soul & Surf.

Soul of Surfing, the Four Pillars – Blue Health

In part two of our Four Pillars series we talk about Blue Health, how it relates to surfing – and how we at Soul & Surf incorporate Blue Health practices and techniques into our Soul of Surfing syllabus.

Soul of Surfing, the Four Pillars – Ocean Literacy

In this first of a four-part series, we explain what the heck Ocean Literacy is, why it matters – and how we apply it to both our company ethos and our lives as surfers.

The Book Report | January 2023

You gotta love a good book. So we figured a quarterly compilation of the team’s favourite recent reads would be a useful addition to the Journal…