Amongst the carnage, the banks shaped up a fair few lengthy tube rides.

We finished out September with a few more days right off the beach here, with our own left point barrels reminding us why we stay right in front of one of the best waves in the world, to be on it whenever the conditions align.

We're in the midst of springtime transition and the North Pacific's been particularly active of late. 

While the Tassie boys partied it up in the boats, Tyler and James Hollmer-Cross along with Rudi Schwartz, Mikey Brennan and Jarrah Orphin threaded green-lipped pits into the late afternoon.

Shipsterns Bluff pumped yesterday so you get another photo gallery with 'Ship' in the title.

Phil Read, Mitch Loan, and Mitch Taylor get nocturnal in Perth. 

Avalon's Karl Attkins and Ulladulla's Paul Morgan in sequence during Monday's bombing Cloudbreak swell.

Rasta and Paul Morgan are the standouts during yesterday's epic Cloudbreak session. Check the gallery by Tim Bonython.

"I know he’s happy for me just like I would be happy for him if he was the winner.”

The Mentawai Islands continued its impressive run of swell through August, as this season has been one of the most incredible ones ever.