"There may have been a worse competition day at Pipe, but if so it's certainly lost in a pre-webcast analogue history."

With Pipeline set to wrap up by the end of the week, we look onwards to event number two.

There are six new lines of text in the Woz rulebook.

Another gloriously understated vid by JJF.

Caity Simmers channels Dane Kealoha, while The Trestles Discrepancy explains Steph's exit.

Boldly going where no surfer has gone before.

Small waves, bit of drama, lots of product placement.

A photo essay from China's wave-filled southern province.

Tracking barrels with Albee and Kai.

Satellite imagery has captured an expansive phytoplankton bloom off the South Australian coast.