From the din of an inner-city pub to the central atolls of the Maldives.

"Why don't we grab a slurpee and check out George Greenough?"

Swellnet spends ten minutes with the People's Champ of Wollongong before he embarks on one of the busiest periods of his life.

"The more women, the less testosterone, and the happier everyone is!"

The young fella from Ulladulla makes the big wave grade.

Ted riffs on Google Earth, Mick Fanning surfing 'the Snake', and a lifetime spent searching.

Billy Kemper will take the Big Wave crown, but Kai Lenny is still frothing.

Craig Jarvis speaks to South Africa's rising star with a velvet style.

Steve Cooney reflects on his first wave at Uluwatu, the very first wave ridden there.

"Water flow is everything," says the prodigious Lennox Head shaper who made his name with channel bottoms and variations of the form.