Sun's out, waves are up, as are the crowds. So take a ticket and watch the show unfold as every good surfer in Coolangatta gets pitted from behind the rock.

Dave Rastovich explains the new bottom contour - the torus channel - he and Gary McNeill have been working on.

It's time to start saving your pocket money for the biggest board auction this year. Check what's going under the hammer here.

The Smith brothers, Alex and Koa, channel 70's mysticism in this clip filmed recently in Indonesia.

Among other things, a Simon Anderson '81 Thruster will be auctioned at this Sunday's Deus/Boardcollector Surf Swap at Bondi Pavilion.

From his Hokkaido home, ex-pat Australian surfer Shane Peel watched a nascent snowboard movement slowly take shape. The style of snowboarding, snowsurf, closely parallels surf culture. Snowsurf is also the name of Shane's debut film.