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Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 2 June, 2014 - On Wednesday 28th May London Surf / Film Festival hosted a very special screening of Adam Pesce’s multi award-winning documentary Splinters – a film exploring the emerging indigenous surf scene in Papua New...

It sounds like something from a post World War II cargo cult: Three decades ago, an Australian pilot leaves a surfboard in a remote village in Papua New Guinea called Vanimo. The village, which lacks rudimentary facilities like electricity or...

The award winning film exploring the emerging indigenous surf scene in Papua New Guinea, Splinters, is now avaible on DVD and live streaming though Netflix. View on Netflix Read Story

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By Ted Bassingthwaighte (bassingthwaighte@bigpond.com) Great things done by ordinary people happen every day all over the globe. It is only when you are personally touched by a particular ordinary individual and his incredible, life-changing mission you realise you too, can be...

SAPNG are now embarking on our new policy on the pink nose empowerment of women and anti violence against women program The two attached decals which will go  on our boards, tshirts rashies etc SAPNG Violence Against WomenDownload SAPNG decal...

Wooden surfboards are at the root of many countries traditional wave riding cultures, and this is certainly the case for Papua New Guinea.  Here, "splinter" surfboards have been used for generations to ride the waves that break over the reefs...

Photo: Kuni Takanami - Below me awaits deep, turquoise water. The ebb of the tide pushes the small motorised fishing boat I'm standing on to rise and fall with oceanic rhythm.  I throw my green, twin-fin 'fish' surfboard into the inviting...

Experience surfing one of the last frontiers in the world, Papua New Guinea.In the eyes of the modern world, many still consider PNG to be relatively ancient by virtue of contrasting landscapes, its people and old customs. At the same...

SAPNG has finalised it's latest press ad's. They will be released in several surf magazines over the next few months. It contains a list of our updated travel operators and agents for the 2013/2014 season. You may download the High Rez-...