Good outlook for Indo and the Komune Bali Pro this weekend, with a large swell due next week as the trades kick in.

Shane Dorian and travel partner Benjamin Sanchis recently scored at two of Ireland's heaviest slabs, Rileys and Aileens. Billabong has released a clip of their sessions.

The morning after the executions, Phil Jarratt pens his thoughts on the 'operatic barbarism' that befell Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukamaran, and what comes now for Australian-Indonesian relations.

When it comes to evolution - surfboard design evolution, that is - people tend to think professional surfers have the most influence in the process. In this thought piece, blindboy proposes that the average punter has just as much bearing on the design path.

The Paddle Against Poverty is an annual ocean paddle held north of Wollongong to raise money for charity. It's on again this Saturday so Swellnet had a chat with one of the organisers, Aaron Hughes.