"Let's be frank, the least welcome fashion accessory is a halo. For all the chatter about ethical fashion, there's a reason it remains niche: most consumers just don't care."
Slater's ethical line of clothes, Outerknown, may prove to be his biggest challenge yet.
The fat lady of Maui gave an encore yesterday as the curtain closes on an incredible El Nino season.
Mick, Carissa, Steph, and Caio tear apart Winki on the Brazilian nightly news.
Tequila is made from the Agave plant which is native to Mexico, however it also grows wild in the Adelaide Hills. Cass Selwood finds a different use for Agave, making a wild home-made shortboard from pilfered stalks.
In 1965 Felipe Pomar won the world championship. It was the first among many milestones for the gently spoken Peruvian, some he strived for, others were matters of circumstance, such as his 1974 tsunami ride.
UPDATED: Last night Brett Connellan was mauled by a shark while surfing Bombo near Kiama. The quick thinking of his mate almost certainly saved his life.
They're weather systems, but not as we know them. And to think about surfing in such an event - an event expressed in detail by James Hansen and outlined by blindboy - is "an almost obscene waste of effort."
In a season that has seen records broken and a collective surge in the big wave effort, the Wipeout of the Year was always gonna be a tightly contested category.
