Making the most of our WAMs
If you haven't stumbled across our Wave Model (WAM) charts you've been missing out on a great forecasting tool. For a great first view of the WAMs, check out this large swell on the way to Hawaii.
If you haven't stumbled across our Wave Model (WAM) charts you've been missing out on a great forecasting tool. For a great first view of the WAMs, check out this large swell on the way to Hawaii.
Some of the typhoons on the east stayed quite a way offshore and provided clean groundswell. The strange weather pattern was a boon for surfers this year, offering plentiful waves on the south, east and north coasts.
Some of the typhoons on the east stayed quite a way offshore and provided clean groundswell. The strange weather pattern was a boon for surfers this year, offering plentiful waves on the south, east and north coasts.
The 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters resumed in six foot barrels and there was no shortage of drama in the ASP World Title race between Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater.
The second day of competition is done and the world title still hasn't been decided. The pointy end of the contest just got pointier! Momentum swung toward Slater today when he won his Round 4 heat, thereby jumping to the Quarters, while ol' Mick lost his Round 4 heat and now draws deadly C.J Hobgood in Round 5
The second day of competition is done and the world title still hasn't been decided. The pointy end of the contest just got pointier! Momentum swung toward Slater today when he won his Round 4 heat, thereby jumping to the Quarters, while ol' Mick lost his Round 4 heat and now draws deadly C.J Hobgood in Round 5
The 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters resumed today in six foot barrels and there was no shortage of drama in the ASP World Title race between Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater.
Filmmaker Tim Bonython trains his lens at one Sydney's heaviest ledges during a recent south swell. There's snapped boards, blown takeoffs and failed rock jumps - it's carnage a'plenty.
Somewhere on a lttle-trodden stretch of the east coast photographer Jordan Barta and surfers Josh Ku and Troy Van Vliet try to make sense of a triple-sucking, backless beast of a wave.
Somewhere on a lttle-trodden stretch of the east coast photographer Jordan Barta and surfers Josh Ku and Troy Van Vliet try to make sense of a triple-sucking, backless beast of a wave.
After a quiet word with Kelly Slater the name Bocas del Toro - Spanish for the mouth of the bull - was thrown about. So, fresh after escaping the horns of the bull in Pamplona, Mick Fanning ran straight into its mouth.
After a quiet word with Kelly Slater the name Bocas del Toro - Spanish for the mouth of the bull - was thrown about. So, fresh after escaping the horns of the bull in Pamplona, Mick Fanning ran straight into its mouth.