"I will now focus on my recovery to come back stronger!"

After eight months out of the water, Gra Murdoch dips his toe and revisits familiar emotions.

Emergency services are continuing the search today.

Fallen shapers, dead men, a deaf man too, plus coping with crowds amongst the top topics.

Craig's surf diary from a pumping year of waves.

Josh Bystrom's gallery from up, down, and all around the eleventh Eddie Aikau Invitational.

Update: Organisers have just announced a green alert - it's on.

How's the country shaping up this holiday period?

Cheyne Horan's surf exhibition sees the past, present, and future linked together in a continuum of surf craft.

As the ever reliable, peak season trade-winds subside, attention shifts away from the marquee breaks.