Win a surf resort in Micronesia! Plus 24 staff! Plus $10,000!

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Gabriel Medina landed the first-ever backflip rotation in competition to earn a perfect 10. Medina also landed a frontside air reverse for a 9.40 to post a near-perfect 19.40 heat score. 

Ireland pumps, but brace yourself for chilled cods and ice creamitis.

"The waves were so damn good in Africa that you could literally sit down and get a 15 second barrel"

The modern contest template owes a hell of a lot to Taylor Knox. Here's a recent clip and an old classic.

JOB puts the minutiae of board design to shame with a solid session at Pipe on a hulking green beast of thing.