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Sunny Coast photographer, Jack Dekort, and mates were recently rescued by a broken down van.

Prior to the recent Rangi Pro Junior, held on the island of Rangiroa, French Polynesia, the contest site was hit by a great mid-range swell.

The second of back-to-back junior comps in French Polynesia, the Papara Pro Junior, is currently being held on the black sand beach of Papara.

Newcastle's Jake Sylvester has just won the Rangi Pro Junior in Rangaroa, Tahiti.

The surf may have throttled back and stopped breaking on the points, but the Sunny Coast beachies have been providing plenty of mid-range punch.

It was a day of big upsets set amongst excellent Bells Beach bowl.

Ain't nothing like going back to the office after a four-day holiday and having a webcast to watch. Work?

Except for the first two heats the waves were wild and wooly at Bells today. It was 6-8 feet and a bit loose and wobbly - tough waves to surf well in.

Look, I didn't watch the webcast, not a second of it, and it being a religous holiday I feel I shouldn't lie to you about what happened.

While the eyes of the webcast world were on Bells and the opening round of the Women's, arguably the better action was happening at Winki with the Pop's long

The organisers of the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach have called a layday, just as they did yesterday.

"It was a weird in-between-size kinda day at Bells," said photographer Ed Sloane, "clean early then light onshore for the rest of the day.

It's been a couple of weeks since Cyclone Sandra served up her joyous bounty.

Twas an action packed weekend down at Margies with an 8'-10' swell hitting the comp site on Saturday, and, after a great day of competition, the finals then

Hard to avoid the cliches when describing the events at the Margaret River Pro yesterday, so let's tick 'em off: big swell, surfers rising to the occasion,&n

The places that break under a long period east swell!

What a week it's been up Noosa way.

As Tropical Cyclone Sandra's forerunners made landfall Friday afternoon Charlie Straumeitis shot the action at Cronulla.

The media spotlights have been switched off, the fans were lured away by the Hawaiian winterʼs battle for the world title and the Mentawai stadium has been