Brand new issues of two of our fave mags are out now: the Summer issues of Cooler and Surf Girl. Both out now which one should you spend your hard earned money on? Nollie has a look inside...
Here's what's in the new issue of Cooler:
All about Evelien: the talented Belgian skater talks fear, the X Games and how injuries suck.Dub be good to me: an ode to VW Camper vans.
Toes on the nose: everything you need to know about longboarding.
The bicycle diaries: people and places in South America as seen from the saddle.
Fix me up: the lowdown on fixed gear cycling.
Board to be green: elite surfer Elise Garrigue and her eco surfboard.
Winter in Wanaka: chasing the endless winter in NZ.
Fashion: this season's trends shot in Cape Town and the summer's most stylish swimwear.
Plus lots more...
And Surf Girl? This month, issue 18, look forward to:
Who is Lisa Andersen?: She's widely considered to be the woman with it all: looks, talent, World Championship titles, the surfing-icon-for-a-generation label, but life hasn't always been so easy for Lisa. Her new biography, Fearlessness, describes the life of a woman who hasn't always made the best decisions but has made the most out of what life has thrown at her. Louise Searle interviews the enigmatic Ms Andersen.Groms in the Banana Republic: What happens when you take a bunch of under 18's and let them loose on a Caribbean island? Mayhem! Luckily some surfing went down as well, under the watchful eye of surf vet Robyn Davies and SurfGirl Assistant Ed Kat Dawes. Here's Kat's report on an eventful two weeks in the sun.
Women and surfing: Do women belong in the bedroom or the barrel? This is what Billabong rider Jessi Miley-Dyer asked herself after spending a week on a boat in Indo.
After the Tour finished last year a crew of pros decided that they needed to cut loose for a bit and booked a trip to Micronesia. Typically, they pulled out all the stops, ripping as good as it gets and it got Jessi thinking about the perception of women in the surfing world.Best of British: Why look elsewhere when it can be so good under your nose? Sometimes just getting in your car and heading out on the open road can bring as many adventures as a week in crowded Tarazoute. Read up on SurfGirl's guide to the best UK surf towns.
Pipeline Queen: How easy does it look paddling out at Pipeline, camera in hand to shoot some of the world's top surfers? Lucia Griggi tells us what it takes to be a professional surf photographer, warts and all!
Plus Hotties, fashion, happenings and loads more.
What do you think? Surf Girl is obviously for the core surfer - obsessed with riding waves, not snow or street, packed with surf focused fashion, epic travel, in depth interviews, health, beauty and fit pro surf lads. Cooler, if you like, is the older sibling, widening their options not just to surfing, skating and snowboarding - but also to other inner city trends they're more likely to be able to do at home, in addition to edgier fashion, snip bits of music, culture and art, in addition to an awareness of green issues.
Frankly I love 'em both; but what do you think?
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