Elliot Marshall struggles through numerous perfect barrels around his South Coast home plus the odd desert jaunt.

Mick Fanning and Mason Ho find cold waves and clarity in the frozen north.

It's come and gone, but the East Coast's 'Black Nor'Easter' swell has left a lasting mark on the coastline. Many rock platforms were reshaped under the might of that storm.

Mick and Jarryd roll the dice over the Shippies step with mixed, yet always entertaining, results.