![]() ![]() Publisher Bauer Media folded seven major titles while other magazines, including Tracks, temporarily ceased printing. Then Covid-19 hit, plunging the magazine industry into turmoil. Residents along much of Australia’s east coast began the year with devastating bushfires Tracks’ second edition of 2020 contained a harrowing recollection of the New Year’s Eve fires from the perspective of local surfers. Yet 2020 was a challenging time to be in that state of mind. As the publication itself proclaims, “more than just a magazine, Tracks is a state of mind”. Yet with a potent mix of humour, environmental and social awareness, countercultural irreverence, stunning photography and poetic journalism, Tracks became the country’s most significant surfing mouthpiece. First published in 1970, it was not the first local magazine for surfers (Surfing World was established in 1962) nor the last ( one website estimates that there have been almost 100 surfing magazines published in Australia over the past five decades). ![]() ![]() Photograph: Tracks MagazineĪny Australian who grew up with a surfboard in hand understands the immense cultural significance of Tracks. A colourful Tracks cover from April 2003. ![]()
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