West Oz pumped over the Christmas weekend, and these lucky guys got to surf this shallow barreling left all to themselves Christmas Eve.

Crew were calling it the best swell to ever hit Sunshine Beach.

It's a stocking full of sweet sorrow as Josh Kerr and Rusty Priesendorfer part ways.

What's in a name? Not much, except when it comes to the 'Nazare Challenge' which proved the most fitting of all monikers.

After 53 years making surfboards, the last 46 of them in the same Wollongong factory, John Skipp is pulling the roller doors on a long career in the industry.

Who's in, who's out, and who got the wildcards?

And what about Owen Wright..?