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Un/crowded: Italy - video
Tuesday 24/02 7
A short film shot in the north of Italy during a very rare swell.
Kirra: dedicated to Mars - video
Monday 23/02 23
Kolohe, Jordy, Dingo and Gabriel Medina - plus a bunch of locals and travellers - rack up some serious barrels at Kirra.
Makuakai Rothman: The (unofficial) 2014 BWT world champion
Monday 23/02 18
In five days the waiting period for the last Big Wave Tour event of the season will close and when that happens Makuakai Rothman will officially become the 2014 Big Wave World Champion. Swellnet speaks to the champ in waiting.
More Newcastle Surfest freesurfing - video
Monday 23/02 2
It hasn't got the length of Kirra nor the shape, but the weekend's E/NE swell at Newcastle Beach offered ramps and sections a'plenty. Geordie Tarren skulked around the carpark and bushes for this clip of hi-fi action.
Kirra // Sunday - video
Monday 23/02 155
You know where, you know when, and you probably also know it was pumping. Why not watch the vid, eh?
Grant Miller: On The Surf Industry - Part 2
Monday 23/02 36
The second part of blindboy's inerview with Grant Miller about the state of the modern surfboard industry.
2015 airline surfboard fee guide
Sunday 22/02 30
A list of every airline in the world and what they charge - if anything - for schlepping your surfboards.
Friday Frenzy (at Kirra) - video
Saturday 21/02 34
Whilst Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia bore down on the Central Queensland coast, Kirra came to life under a pumping easterly trade swell and a gusty southerly breeze.
Newcastle Surfest freesurfing - video
Friday 20/02 8
Geordie Tarren has been lurking the Newy dunes during Surfest. Here's the best of today's freesurfing plus a few other highlights.
Tim Baker: (M)Ocean at Burleigh Heads
Friday 20/02 8
One of Australia's favourite surf writers has turned his hand, at least temporarily, to performance art. Tim Baker explains the concept behind (M)Ocean: where music and surfing will meet at Burleigh Heads.