The surf might be terrible up on the Gold Coast but the surfing is anything but. Geordie Tarren reports in with a clip of electrifying freesurfing.

Surfers are often told that the effects of climate change, most notably sea level rise, could have a direct impact on wave riding. However, it's not the only change that may effect us. Of particular interest to Queensland surfers is the potential southward migration of Irukandji jellyfish.

Cloudbreak is going to pump on Monday and Tuesday, two days before the waiting period of the Quiksilver Pro finishes.

The Pipeline picks up at the Australian Open where American superstar Kolohe Andino bested an all-star field. But how about the set he copped on the head from Danny Clayton following revelations that Kolohe was texting his girlfriend? Yeow! Spicy!

He's known as Ignacio on the streets of downtown Punta Hermosa, but they call him Spud in his adopted home of Maroubra.

Great waves in England are rare. This Ben Howard album is rarer. Show us one, then win the other.

Yesterday the women were forced to complete Round 2 of the Roxy Pro in tiny waves at Snapper Rocks. It was a long way from Round 2 in 2014 when the women scored the best surf of the contest in a day heralded as a red letter day for women's surfing.

It was the first elimination round of the World Surf League and despite the diminutive surf the women put up huge performances.