Tools down, microphone on. Cory Russell talks about his new podcast aimed squarely, and lovingly, at the surfboard nerd.

A steady diet of swell has left little sand on many East Coast beaches - and it's getting worse.

Australia is sandwiched between swell to the west and to the east, caused by the Long Wave Trough on one side, and la Nina on the other.

The fastest wave on Earth hits the nitrous button.