Tim Bonython
Wave of the Day: Lucas Chumbo falls from the roof at Nazare
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Nazare Challenge 

Editors picks

Cecil Healy: "A jolly good fellow"

The Depth Test

Forecast: Pan Atlantic swell

Swellnet Analysis

Watch: Russ Bierke gets pumped at Nazare

Swellnet Dispatch

Dreamtime with Ellis Ericson

Talking Heads
Swellnet Dispatch

Watch: Adrien Toyon // First Love

Stu Nettle
Friday, 16 November 2018  8

Twenty-something surfer reunites with his very first board and wonders why he ever stopped surfing it.

Swellnet Analysis

River deep, mountain high: Explaining Nazare

Stu Nettle
Thursday, 15 November 2018  21

As a wedge of Himalayan proportions, Nazare breaks like no other big wave on Earth. Here's why it does what it does.

Swellnet Dispatch

Watch: Albee Layer and Matt Meola // Polylemma

Stu Nettle
Thursday, 15 November 2018  21

Get two surfers for the price of none.

Simon Longhurst
Wave of the Day: Desert tones with minimal depth
Form Guide

Green Alert for Nazare

Wednesday, 14 November 2018  28

It's 48 hours till go time. Check the draw and time difference for Oz viewers.

Swellnet Dispatch

Oil spill in Great Australian Bight could reach Sydney's beaches

Eugene Boisvert...
Wednesday, 14 November 2018  33

A leaked draft environmental plan illustrates how damaging a drilling mishap in the Bight could be.

The Depth Test

Cecil Healy: "A jolly good fellow"

Phil Jarratt
Wednesday, 14 November 2018  13

A century after he lost his life on the Western Front, Phil Jarratt recalls Australian surfing's greatest unsung hero.

Form Guide

Yellow Alert for Nazare

Stu Nettle
Wednesday, 14 November 2018  7

"Though Friday's swell will be overshadowed by Sunday's it has a few things going in its favour."

Steve Arklay
Wave of the Day: Low-slung and sleek, Boots Garrard swoops off the bottom
Swellnet Dispatch

Watch: Bowie Pollard // Tea Tree

Stu Nettle
Tuesday, 13 November 2018  15

Timeless scenes from the outside points.

Swellnet Dispatch

Watch: Reef Heazlewood // Untitled

Stu Nettle
Tuesday, 13 November 2018  22

Freesurfing at the pointy end of the season.

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Nazare Challenge 

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