Derek Rielly

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

“Jack McCoy's work existed on a different artisticplane altogether”The surf filmmaking great, the masterfulJack McCoy, who untilthree days ago was touring his seminal documentary BlueHorizon around Australia alongside DaveRastovich, has died, aged seventy-six. Los Angeles born McCoy, who had been in rough health with anunspecified illness the past few years, and knowing his time onthis mortal coil was running down, had toured the Occumentary lastyear, and Blue Horizon in 2025.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

Live chat, Finals Day, Margaret River Pro,“Whoo-hoo! Can you feel the tension? I can!”By Derek Rielly51 seconds ago

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

“Prepare to have your mind blown.”The glamorous billionaire owner of the WSL, Dirk Ziff,who was honoured alongside his wife Natasha as “Waterpersons of the Year” at theWaterman’s Ball in 2018, has been revealed as theco-owner of the world’s greatest collection oftwentieth-century guitars.

1 week ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

As WSL disables YouTube chat, BeachGrit welcomes all in wildly inclusive, gender non-specific free-for-all.

2 weeks ago | beachgrit.com | Derek Rielly

"He distinguished himself from his peers with ajutting blond Sons of the Confederacy beard and an extensivecountry-western CD collection. The last time the former world number eight surfer ToddHolland featured on these pages he was recounting the time hewas chased out of the water inBrazil by enraged surf fans after he got a paddle interferenceon Victor Ribas. Todd Holland, twenty-five in 1993, only escaped with his lifewhen armed police, guns out, got him to the safety of a jail cell.