Zigzag surf magazine

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ZIGZAG surf magazine (South Africa)

Started in 1976, and inspired by a meeting with the publisher of a Hawaiian tabloid mag named Backdoor, the original team was Paul Naude, Mike Larmont and Doug MacDonald. They set up shop in the rooftop of Larmont’s surfboard factory, working nights while keeping their daytime jobs. Initially the mag was tabloid sized and released quarterly. In 1988 the mag, struggling to make ends meet and a full time staff of one, was sold. Craig Sims and Rob van Wieringen, the new owners, teamed up until 1991. Sims soldiered on and in March 2007 Touchline Media bought Atoll Media. End 2007 Sims passed the custodianship of the fourth oldest surf mag in the world to the Pulisher / Editor partnership of John McCarthy and Will Bendix. In 31 years the mag has had just five editors (MacDonald, Sims, Saville, Jarvis & Bendix) and has released 187 issues.

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