Wondered why the winds at your local beach don't match those of your local weather station? It's often due to friction.

As close as you're gonna get for season 2020.

"We started it because people are going to die," says Shanan Worrall of his training program, which aims to create a new big wave culture. Despite two very close calls this past autumn his prediction is, thankfully, proving to be incorrect.

"At first, I was struggling to comprehend what I was seeing."