by 5U3F1NGD0C5 | Sep 12, 2026 | Blog, Crew
Dr Rory Van Der Linden is an ICU registrar, rural medicine enthusiast and committed surfer. Ahead of his return to Jawa Jiwa in G-Land for the Surfing Doctors Annual Conference 2026 from 20 to 30 September, he talks about medicine on the road, friendships built...
by 5U3F1NGD0C5 | Aug 28, 2026 | Blog, Crew
Three years after joining the Surfing Doctors, Irina Balieva has packed plenty into the journey: medical work from Norway to Indonesia, time in the clinic at Nias, a memorable shoulder reduction at Rifles and some serious waves along the way. Now a surgical resident...
by 5U3F1NGD0C5 | Aug 27, 2026 | Blog, Crew
Australian doctor Nathan Cash is spending his locum year the way plenty of Surfing Doctors would understand: living out of a camper, working along the way and chasing waves around Australia. With a couple of G-Land trips already behind him and rural generalism...
by 5U3F1NGD0C5 | Aug 5, 2026 | Blog
“Relax. Assess. React.” It’s a pretty simple phrase, and one that’s just as useful when an eight-foot grinder is unloading across the G-Land reef as it is in the emergency department. Those three words underpin the Surfing Doctors Conference,...
by 5U3F1NGD0C5 | Jul 31, 2026 | Blog, Crew
Three years have passed since Surfing Doctors last shot the breeze with Billy. Back then he was still studying medicine at James Cook University. Today he is an unaccredited medical registrar at Gold Coast University Hospital, with a growing list of surf trips and...
by 5U3F1NGD0C5 | Jul 9, 2026 | Blog
This crew has never been shy of a passport, and they have an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time when the charts light up. Over the past few months they’ve scored everything from tropical reefs to heavy beachbreaks and classic...
