Longer than Kirra, longer than Skeleton Bay, Steph Gilmore clocks serious tube time in Kelly's hot tub.

Though it didn't get huge, the recent swell in the southern states had a lot of staying power. For over 48 hours it plugged away, rounding headlands and peeling off into the distance, all the while brushed by a user friendly northerly wind.

It's spring in the northern hemi and European surfers delight in the aquatic equivalent of the darling buds of May - lush green Hossegor barrels.

Four clips from Kelly's VIP session at his Fresno Wave Pool featuring Kelly himself, Nat Young, Kanoa Igarashi and Carissa Moore.

Bear didn't call it and it wasn't that 'big', it was, however, very perfect. Here's the proof.

Stall then accelerate. Stall then accelerate. And repeat the sequence until you dissappear from view.

The best from Shane Dorian's El Nino winter plus some Fijian ring ins.

Last winter, Dusty Payne swapped the hairy-chested sessions at Peahi for the smooth curves of Honolua.

Say what you want about Noosa - overcrowded waves, overpriced coffee - but it really does fire the imagination.

SurfStitch's industry masterplan is in question following the collapse of its stock on the sharemarket.