In a gala evening, attended by a star-studded celebratory audience, three Australian men have been crowned the champions of Big Wave Surfing in Australian waters for 2013.
On Sunday 23 February a tribe of surfers are gathering at Manly for a once-in-a-lifetime event. Meet Albe Falzon, Kye Fitzgerald and Beau Young, and watch a screening of Spirit of Akasha.
11th January: We just crawled into Forster. The next day I took the van to a mechanic where he says I not only have a manifold problem but a 'serious mainfold problem.'
Tim Bonython and the road life of a modern surfing showman.
The sun was rising as I pulled into the carpark. First people I see are Sam Jones and Ben Serrano who've travelled as far as I have but from the opposite direction, and Cabo who'd taken a leisurely drive from downtown Cronulla. Out front it's pumping.
Hercules may not have delivered titanic surf at Ireland's most well known big wave spot, but the follow up swell sure did.
Spend time in a quality wave zone and it's more than just photos and a tan you'll return with. That's something Joe van Dijk, who flew in from Hawaii the night before this photo was taken, can vouch for.
"I haven’t bought a block of wax for about 30 years, so when the last rub of the last block of something that comes attached to a little plastic cap began to scratch the deck rather than wax it, I went into a mild panic."
During a recent run of surf Cyrus Sutton packed the chariot with assorted equipment - noserider, log, quad - and swung it north on PCH. A long interval swell was pinwheeling around the protected points and barraging the banks on the exposed coast.
The drone footage continues! This time it's Jaws from above, from in front, and slightly from the side too.
The North Pacific Ocean is coloured up with an extended run of large swell. Here are the best videos from the event so far. Footage has been gathered from Waimea Bay, Peahi (Jaws), Mavericks, and Nelscott Reef.
