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Ted Grambeau

Wave of the Day: Mick Fanning grabbing the bull by the horns

Big scores and pumping surf on opening day of Billabong Pipe Masters

Monday, 9 December 2013

The opening day of the Billabong Pipe Masters commenced today in firing six-to-eight foot waves and the world’s best surfers put on an incredible display of technical barrel riding at Pipeline and Backdoor.

Swellnet Sessions

Pipeline Masters: Day one photos

ASP/Kirstin

Mon 9 December 1:46pm

The first day of the Pipe Masters hummed along just swimmingly - coupla barrels here, coupla barrels there - as Pipe and Backdoor put on their friendly faces. Any drama came from the qualification shuffle as surfers fought for the last few places on next year's tour.

Swellnet Sessions

South of Sydney

Craig Brokensha

Mon 9 December 12:39pm

The weekend's swell on the East Coast was one to keep the working man happy; it hit Friday, built Saturday to an overnight peak, then tapered slowly on Sunday.

Surfpolitik

Apartheid and human solidarity

Liam Neame

Monday, 9 December 2013

With the passing of anti-Apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela, it is worth thinking about some of ways in which the surfing world has been entangled in apartheid.

Swellnet Sessions

Pipeline Warmup

Matt Dunbar

Mon 9 December 8:31am

On the eve of the Pipe Masters a clean mid-range swell gave competitors a last chance to fine tune equipment before competition began.

Nick Hollman

Wave of the Day: Hayden Blair, outstanding Sydney, yesterday morning

Ted Grambeau

Wave of the Day: Mick Fanning footloose and fancy free in Mozambique

Swellnet Sessions

Missing in Mozambique

Ted Grambeau

Fri 6 December 10:22am

“Go to Mozambique NOW. It's too small for Skeleton Bay and there's nothing of interest at J-Bay.”

Ben Kiggins

Wave of the Day: No pigdogs allowed, Boogs Vandepolder, Cape Solander

Swellnet Sessions

A rock and a double-sucking face

Grant Molony

Thu 5 December 2:49pm

Highlights from two days of waves somewhere on the East Coast. A place that demands maximum commitment from the surfers who run the gauntlet between the shallow rock and the double-sucking face.

Talking Heads

Dion Atkinson: Seven years and seven days

Stu Nettle

Thursday, 5 December 2013

After seven years of tenacious competition, South Australia's Dion Atkinson is oh-so-close to realising his ambition. Atkinson sits in 30th position and technically inside the cut-off for next year's WCT. However, there's one more contest on the 'CT calendar - the Pipe Masters - and a reshuffle of lower ranked surfers could see Dion on the wrong side of the ribbon.