“It's not about the best surfers in the best waves. It's about real people for whom surfing plays a role in their lives.”

“It’s so funny being a surf photographer from Iceland, it sounds absurd, it’s so isolated!”

We had a chat with Darci Liu - China’s first-ever professional surfer turned ocean conservationist.

The latest tee in our Artist Collaboration Series launches today - Marija Tiurina x Akin.

“It's a place of peace when you can just make something purely for you and feel separate to how people will react to it.”

A chance for a giveback in Mexico came up out of nowhere so we grabbed it with both hands. With zero time to plan!

We caught up with Hannes for a chat about his incredible journey as a photographer and his love for the North Atlantic Ocean.

“Being creative but also being a bit of a rascal, I enjoyed that, knowing you’re probably annoying someone in the process.”

“It’s complicated” is probably the best way to describe Kat’s relationship with the ocean. But it is the most beautiful kind of complicated.

One guy, one skateboard and an urge to explore. That’s all it took for James Astle to ride his board 400 miles solo across The Philippines

Last year we launched our Paper Islands Street Art Event in our home office building, Church - Temple of Fun in Kelham Island, Sheffield.

He stayed silent for so long and looked so emotional that for the first time I wondered if it was a mistake to take his photo.

Swimming in open water with the sharks was as tranquil an experience as any in the ocean, if not more so.

We just reprinted a run of our special edition collaboration with Kid Acne. It sold out fast the first time and has sold out on every reprint we have done since.

Malawi born, Sheffield based artist Kid Acne’s formative years were spent writing graffiti, self-publishing fanzines and making experimental hip-hop.

As we explore the world with Akin, there are so many people we meet who become part of the story.