A dozen shots from one of Australia's best surf photographers.

An all star crew of Hawaiians, Californians, and two of Indonesia's finest surfers - brothers no less - light up unoccupied Mentawai. 

South Africa had a winter for the ages during the weirdest of years. Photographer David Thiem captured the perfection amongst the madness.

As a teenager, Mitchell Rae was gifted rare knowledge about board design, and he's since spent fifty years perfecting it.

Follow Mitchell's journey through flex.

Join Ray Collins as he dissects the seven most decisive photographs of his career.

Just the mention of the word Java has been enough to send imaginations soaring throughout history, yet to the modern surfer it holds even more mystery than most imaginations are capable of. 

 The magic of the Mentawai can happen to anyone with the guts to go.

It seems improbable, but Pohnpei, that verdant, reef-ringed isle in the North Pacific, has an image problem. Or more correctly it has a marketing problem - a mismatch between the waves we see in the surf media and the reality on the ground.

Behind the scenes at the Rip Curl Mentawai, by Matt George.

The Swellnet BF Goodrich trip to the desert evades a surf trip staple but lucks into a good time.

Before they left for home, Chris Goodnow, Tony Fitzpatrick, and Scott Wakefield made a pact not to tell anyone about the waves at Macaronis/Pasongan Bay. No-one knows who surfed Pasongan after them, however it would be over ten years till the wave was exposed to the world via video.