"No contest singlets, no ratings points, just one really big wave."

Another flying longboard, another serious injury, and another graphic reminder why legropes aren't such a bad idea after all.

Warning: The reminder is graphic.

Two weeks out from the first contest Swellnet speaks to the World Surf League about an umbrella sponsor and the likelihood of Pay Per View.

In one afternoon Cronulla surfers were exposed to a new culture, new materials and constructions method, and a whole new way of riding waves. Things were never the same on the beaches.

On Monday night a fire tore through beachfront warungs at Balangan beach in Bali. Locals fought the blaze with buckets and hoses.

Brad Norris and not a whole lot of beachbreak fun.

The water temperatures are so high off the Northern NSW coast a tropical cyclone could theoretically form off Byron Bay.