Just days short of his 21st birthday Sam Norwood is already over the hill. Occy's Grom Comp is in town and Coolangatta has sold out of Red Frogs and Gummi Bears. Ain't nothing like a kid half your size that surfs twice as good to put you in your place.

The shark, believed to be either a dusky whaler or a bull shark, swam within five metres of surfers before the alarm was raised and the crowded line-up cleared. Photographer, Brad Schmidt, said the shark wasn't hostile appearing "more curious than hungry".

Jack Dekort's been hanging a few hours south of home recently, and his shutter speeds have headed in the same direction.

How about a quick revisit of the best swell of the winter thus far?

Jon Wright has gone pretty damn close to recreating the experience

If you're not swinging from the vines then you're wallowing in the swamp

I saw a well-tanned nude nut come flying down the line