Geologist Chris Buykx submits the first in a weekly series analysing the natural processes that create coastlines and what surfers should look out for.

"You'd die on that thing." Jay Davies and Harry Bryant gorge themselves during a recent swell in SW WA.

When 100 collectable boards are auctioned at rapid-fire rate - as will happen this Tuesday night in Perth - market-price and logic goes flying out the window.

"Our response is now necessary, as we have been receiving threats that have put our safety in jeopardy." Macaronis Resort speaks up after last week's gunfire incident.

With the 2015 Rip Curl Pro about to begin it's time for a bit of TBT. So here's the 2014 version replete with freesurfing including Slater's 540(ish) air, Kerr's wild slob, and JJF at macking Papoa.

The first Tropical Cyclone of the 2015-2016 season is about to form near Fiji.