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Ed Sloane

Wave of the Day: Adam Rawson wears a watery crown

Nothing to see here

Fri 1 November 7:27am

It wasn't just who was in the water, however, but the juicy subplots at play: the two remaining World Title aspirants duking it out at big Cloudbreak, the site of a match up they had earlier in the year. So who got the best of it, Mick or Kelly?

Surfpolitik

Laird Hamilton and the Portuguese chicken burger

Stu Nettle

Thursday, 31 October 2013

If there's one thing you can count on in modern surfing, it's this: when big waves break the real turbulence hits, not at the moment of impact, but a few days afterward when the media steps into the fray.

Ben Differding

Wave of the Day: Empty wave, full colour palette

Form Guide

Ian Walsh sets the bar at HIC Pro

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Maui's Ian Walsh scored his first - and last - professional surfing victory at Sunset Beach eight years ago. Today, back at Sunset in a near-perfect performance, he showed he is clearly one of the most talented surfers to ever emerge from Hawaii.

Swellnet Analysis

Red menace heading towards Europe

Craig Brokensha

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Less than a week after the recent groundbreaking XXL swell smashed into Europe, a second XXL swell is on target for the region.

Talking Heads

Nick Carroll on Tom Carroll and the book he had to write

Stu Nettle

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

"What would you do? You've got a brother, are you gonna fuck him over for your own journalistic ambitions? What would you do..?"

Everton Luis

Wave of the Day: Matt Hicks inside a Coola cordial kaleidoscope

The Depth Test

Uncharted Waters: The Personal History of Wayne Lynch

Stu Nettle

Tuesday, 29 October 2013

Uncharted Waters is a fan's film – straight up. It makes no pretense of being otherwise. When you're a grommet you get your idol's autograph, when you're older, and if you have the means and the talent, you make a documentary about them. And that's what Craig Griffin has done.

Swellnet Sessions

Out of town

Toby Manson

Tue 29 October 10:11am

Ain't nothing like a succesful out of town mission.

On Sunday, photographer Toby Manson and sidekick Sam Jones set the alarm early, scarfed a bowl of ceral and hit the highway before sunrise. Their window of opportunity was limited.

Toby Manson

Wave of the Day: The Gonski Report

Swellnet Sessions

Sydney Transit

Darryl Menzies

Mon 28 October 5:50pm

As I type many of the world's best surfers are winging their way toward Fiji. Parko, Mick, Slater, Dorian, Anthony Walsh, Mick Freeman (who?). All of them chasing a south swell that formed in the Southern Ocean late last week.