Kai Lenny and friends take on the biggest swell in years to hit the California coast.

These were the top ten stories on Swellnet this year, some of them ranked because of the traffic, but mostly because they were stories we enjoyed telling.

Harry Bryant's latest extended clip has it all, including some pumping sessions in heavy lefts.

Here's a short clip from young French surfer Sam Piter, scoring some filthy Senegalese waves. 

"The Electric Acid Surfboard Test is an acid-splash hit to the tongue of the surfboard status quo."

"On a week of beautiful forecasts in France, we tried to be in the right place at the right time."