Hercules may not have delivered titanic surf at Ireland's most well known big wave spot, but the follow up swell sure did. 

Spend time in a quality wave zone and it's more than just photos and a tan you'll return with. That's something Joe van Dijk, who flew in from Hawaii the night before this photo was taken, can vouch for.

Turn your fins into an electromagnetic field. A Western Australian company is currently developing a product that promises to ward off sharks and protect surfers. Will it work? Will surfers buy it?

"I haven’t bought a block of wax for about 30 years, so when the last rub of the last block of something that comes attached to a little plastic cap began to scratch the deck rather than wax it, I went into a mild panic."

Twenty year-old Floridian Evan Geiselman stole the show at the Volcom Pipe Pro today, eliminating defending event champion John John Florence in solid 10-foot barrels with the highest heat score of the competition.

During a recent run of surf Cyrus Sutton packed the chariot with assorted equipment - noserider, log, quad - and swung it north on PCH. A long interval swell was pinwheeling around the protected points and barraging the banks on the exposed coast.