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.

Told from the perspective of two average punters who quit their jobs and simply wanted to go on an adventure. Pacifico follows a two-year road trip from California to Patagonia hunting for empty waves.

"Turn the lights off, put it on the biggest screen you can, get your friends over, have some beers and turn the volume up super fucking loud."

Gabs Medina drops the post-heat autocue and opens up a bit about the year that was, how he coped seeing John John hold the trophy aloft, and how he copes with losing.