John John Florence proved the form surfer of the day eliminating reigning three-time ASP World Champion Mick Fanning with a near-perfect 19.90 heat total in Round 5.

So here's an offbeat concept. A computer company, Hewlett-Packard, throws money at a couple of surfers to find the largest wave never surfed.

This year marks the 12th straight season that Tim will tour his Australian Surf Movie Festival around the Aussie coastline. Tickets are now on sale. Click for dates and locations.

The primary site of Le Gardian delivered clean three-to-five foot waves today as the Quiksilver Pro France completed the remaining eight heats of Round 3 as well as the four non-elimination Round 4 heats.

If you're not from South Oz chances are you haven't heard of Khai Adams. Never mind, put the obscurity aside for a minute or two, watch the waves, and more importantly Khai's manhandling of them.

It was all over the surfing press two weeks ago. You may have even read the article in the Courier Mail that started the racket: “Pay-wave plan as Gold Coast tackles surf rage,” ran the headline, and fearing our freedoms were being threatened surfers got all het up and vocal.