This swell was almost the perfect direction for Cokes. It wasn't quite big enough to stand up in but some of them were close enough. It definitely gets bigger and better but you can't ask for much more out of the Maldives in May.

In mid-Autumn Sydney was hit by a volley of swells and Bondi's Perth Standlick was Johnny-on-the-spot when Cape Solander broke.

Filipe Toledo unveiled numerous versions of the lipline-to-freefall floater in his heat against Kelly Slater. With his body in all sorts of contorted positions, young Toledo's surfing was radically dangerous.

"The month of May has been a hard one over here, but the drought broke on Friday with solid 5-6 foot plus waves and offshore winds."

Competition resumed in vastly improved conditions at Cloudbreak yesterday; the swell perked up and the wind dropped off.

With a dire outlook for the second half of the waiting period the organisers of the Fiji Pro were forced to sound the horn for Round 1 of the Fiji Pro. Conditions were less than dreamy with a stiff tradewind "blowing the mussels off the rocks" as Jordy Smith said in his post heat interview.

After a seven year hiatus the Women's World Tour returned to Fiji and into perfect reefbreak waves.

As a south/south-east swell charged up Australia's East Coast (the same swell that's gonna hit Fiji tomorrow afternoon), Tim Bonython charged out of his Avalon abode and south down the highway.

Ben's art features a signature style that mixes the macabre with glossy pop culture and has appeared on tour posters for Nirvana and Pearl Jam, plus countless album covers.

Better than a free trip to Ulladulla, the 2013 Asian Surfing Champions recently scored a free trip to Grajagan - with scored being the operative word.