Need some inspiration for the coming weekend? You could do worse than follow the lead of these Welsh lads: pack the chariot, hit the road, and surf a tonne of different spots. Simple...

He's been kidnapped by the KGB, started Surfrider Foundation, National Surfing Reserves, and World Surfing Reserves too, but Brad Farmer's advocacy is based on more than mere love for the ocean.

Mason Ho brings the froth and bubble to the Occ-cast, the two chatting about Mason's season, his Surfer poll win, before opening the floor to Facebook for live questions.

After six straight lay days the final comp of the season finally got underway.

Check the 2016 Maldives review in photos, video, and a couple of words too.

They're the only waves visible from space and they have wavelengths several kilometres long. Come and check out the freaky waves of the Lombok Strait.

It's Laird Hamilton's take on surfing modernism: riding a SUP fitted with a foil and filmed by a drone.