Ben Mondy

Ben Mondy, 36, is from Newcastle in Australia. His formidable writing skills are matched only by his experience on a surfboard. After walking away from his economics degree and a career in funds management, Ben became deputy editor of Tracks, Australia's biggest and oldest surf magazine. He stayed for five years before leaving to join ACM. He is now a senior contributor to the world's most respected surfing magazines, regularly undertaking exploratory trips with the best surfers on the planet, and also writes for a range of Australasian, Asian and European travel journals. During 2008, Mondy put the legwork in for the Mountain Biking Europe guide and worked as International Communications Advisor on Red Bull's international surf team, producing content and posting it far and wide around the world.