After two years downtime, surfers get back on the Donkey.

“Since I was born, since I’ve known surfing, there’s been Kelly Slater and he’s the most incredible surfer in this world," said Filipe Toledo, "so it’s always good to beat him.”

After a South Pacific jaunt, blindboy takes a sidelong view at Samoa. Blame it on the heat or humidity, or lay it all at the feet of the local root crop, but a straight up surf report this ain't.

North Steyne’s Dayyan Neve has been crowned the 2016 Stowaway Pro Champion. Known to his friends as 'Box Body' due to his chunky frame, Neve used the chunk to his advantage.

The seasons have changed but the winter-style swells keep kicking.

As he enters a new phase of his career, Morgan Maassen makes a showreel out of his back catalogue.

At the end of today's competition the top 5 surfers are all eliminated from the Hurley Pro blowing the title race wide open.