The largest swell of the year is due to hit Indonesia. It's impact will be felt the length of the archipelago from Aceh to Rote Island, and even Australia's west and south coasts all the way to Tasmania. Read more...
"I think that the Gold Coast is probably the most exciting city in Australia to be an artist."
Long considered a cultural backwater, the Gold Coast is establishing itself as a new and unlikely hub for the 'surfing as art' movement. Tim Baker explains.
Matt Bromley hooks up with filmmaker Josh Rowe for a play in the sandpit.
"Forget about The Pass. Go exploring!" A short documentary about The Pass, talking to people affected by the overcrowding at Byron's most popular wave.
Still high from Owen Wright's Cloudbreak heroics? Want more heavy water action from Fiji? Then want no more, Talon Clemow has released a fifteen minute clip from his opus, Thundercloud.
From Canada to America and now Indonesia, Tim Hain is the current general manager of the Asian Surfing Circuit, the most wave rich tour on Earth and stepping stone for a new generation of surfing talent. Phil Jarratt chats to the "busiest man in Bali".
"Best performance ever", "history in the making", "touched by the hand of God." Owen Wright's performance today is going to generate lots of over-the-top descriptors, and it warrants every one of them.
After two CT wildcards, one of which landed him a 5th place, Jay Davies is in an improbable position, sitting higher on the rankings than many surfers who earnt their place through qualification.
