Adriano De Souza and Carissa Moore have taken out the ASP 6-Star QS divisions at the Hurley Australian Open of Surfing at Manly Beach today.

On Friday Greg Webber signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the first of his Webber Wave Pools. The agreement comes two years after Webber's first public proposal. Since then a number of potential developers have been mooted but this is the first time the dotted line has been signed.

"I believe that anything can be analogous with anything if you are open-minded and creative about an outlook," so says UK author and longboarder, Sam Bleakley, who blends surfing, jazz, and culture into his written works.

In a gala evening, attended by a star-studded celebratory audience, three Australian men have been crowned the champions of Big Wave Surfing in Australian waters for 2013.

On Sunday 23 February a tribe of surfers are gathering at Manly for a once-in-a-lifetime event. Meet Albe Falzon, Kye Fitzgerald and Beau Young, and watch a screening of Spirit of Akasha.

Showcasing the world’s premiere big wave surfers, the BWWT has events in both hemispheres in line with optimum swell windows at some of the planet’s most renowned big wave venues.