Eight months after seperating his shoulder at Peahi, Mark Mathews is back in the water and paddling into the meaty stuff.

It's a wipeout reel with a message. The Irish Tow Surf Rescue Team was formed by local lads to assist those who get in strife on Ireland's gnarly west coast reefs.

Darren Handley on his "Frankenstein experiment" meshing PU and polystyrene blanks.

John drops the second episode of his latest web series and it's worth your double clicks.

Five hours of Rip Curl Cup perfection whittled down to four minutes of red hot viewing.

Three surfers plant the flag at this new wave in Sumatra. "Arguably the best wave on the island," says Charlie Cullen from Aura Surf Resort.

The Olympics will divide surfing more than any other issue. What chance is there that surfers will get citius, altius, fortius - faster, higher, stronger - in summertime beachbreaks?