Riptide Issue 189 will be available on August 8 – Sick cover shot with Tahitian charger Tahurai Henry !

Excerpts from the Riptide site:

Just when you thought you’d seen it all, a young Tahitian by the name of Tahurai Henry throws himself into the bowels of a Teahupo’o monster, reigniting passion for paddle-in surfing and providing us with one of the best cover images of the year.

Issue 189 leaves no stone unturned, with new wave discoveries, obscene angles, the latest and greatest in booger news and a hypnotic Stare Gallery. We get inside the mind of one of the sports most intriguing characters Nick Gornall, talk grommet abuse with Todd Glaser and hear from legend Steve MacKenzie. Matt Young, Chris James, Damien Martin, Matt Lackey, Cade Sharp and Nick Bannehr stalk Southern Ocean swells from Sydney to Perth, while a pair of Aussie adventurers rendezvous with a band of South Africans to share the longest barrels of their lives. Lose your mind in issue 189 – out in Australia, Wednesday August 8