Nought but barrels from the South Coast slab man.

Earlier this week Swellnet ran a story by Dave Parmenter that described a monumental day at Waimea Bay, the running of the 1986 Billabong Pro. We received a great reaction to the story, however the best reaction of all is from Mark Richards, winner of the competition, who gives his account of the day here.

The stuff that didn't make the cut to this year's Australian Surf Movie Festival. From the year's biggest session at The Right.

Clay Marzo's endless ode to winter...and a testament to his distaste for neoprene

"I don't think I've come across a surfboard that I couldn't save."

You've probably never heard of Levi Jones as he has one of the surf industry's more obscure jobs. That being, surfboard restorer. Levi Jones' job is to bring classic old craft to life and he's very, very good at what he does.

A couple of days ago one of Neal Purchase Jnr's mates brought his attention to a design that Rusty were using in their latest T-shirt line. It looked awfully familiar to Neal's eyes.

In the coming week a rare event will take place in the North Pacific ocean: effectively every country in the region - from the Solomon Islands clockwise around to Mexico - will receive swell from a sole source.