Hours to go and some people will be feeling more anxiety than the rest. Will the swell come? Will it be on shore and crappy. Will it be small and funky? Will I leave a piece of me I can't do without on the reef somewhere? Lots of surfers have been asked if they have seen the reef at Pipe. Did you ever snorkel along and look at whats below? Most that have kind of wish they hadn't looked at it's gnarly realit ...

The expectation is mounting and the adrenalin is pumping just thinking about smelling the sea, the reef... maybe even chewing on it a bit? The prospect of a close encounter with mother natures set of skin abrasion tools leaves a bone crunching brain swelling thought. All these amazing pictures of people just dropping in sideways and sliding to the perfect spot without hooking up and getting spat over the fa ...

I know very few people who surf who say 'na I wouldn't wanna do it' about most waves. Everyone would hava a crack at Pipe, Cloudbreak, Ulu's where ever. But as paddle in waves go people tend to get a little er... tense when they think of themselves paddling in to this one. Occy famously phoned his wife the first time he surfed the contest and the swell jacked to 10ft plus and said... Er luv I luv ya and eve ...

So it's happening. On one side of the draw is the Brazilian bonanza... All the ariel bombardment you could want for and Adriano De Souza looking really hungry up against Gab Medina. On the other side the truly mouth watering prospect of Kelly V Dane Reynolds and John John V Julian Wilson. And in these conditions any one of those guys could hang their hat on it. The last one is Filipe Toledo V the Pupo. All ...

The smaller conditions and light winds have all played to the air routines of the young and progressive. Don't get me wrong the carve is still pulling the points. But the last sixteen is going to be a tweak fest as the judges navigate their way through the finer points of what constitutes a more difficult grab or rotation with airs playing a big part in the trophy race. In a way it's going to lay down the b ...

More big name spin out of the US Open. Freddy P, Jordy Smith and Bede Durbridge plop off of the end of the pier and disappear into the murk. Surley not we thought. Last heat of the day and Kelly has to get it on in weak near high tide Huntington. And then he fell off his first wave and we all went Oh! But normal service was quickly restored as the super freak surf god  dropped a 9 and stopped the rot. Not o ...

The world once more come to life on Huntington Beach. The crowds the flavour the smell of competition in the cauldron. This event never fails to deliver. But? Ut the swell is looking a bit 'iffy'. Contests reall need a good wave these days as the expectation set by almost every other event on the tour has set the bar so high. Lets hope the pier starts to shake a little as the surf rolls in... If you can't g ...

We are all saying before the contest. You know whats going to happen? They down grade the event and J-Bay will pump and the coverage will be crap and most of the worlds best won't be there... Well for various reasons that was all true. What we didn't expect however was a contest filled with so much style, drama and beautiful point perfection that we just wouldn't care. Soooo much to say. So many stories. Gu ...

Mr Smith is looking for the triple. Three J-Bay titles no easy feat. And with nothing left on the clock Jordy was all but out of the comp in the round of 24. He took off on the buzzer. But what a stinger. His first 10 point ride ever at the contest as the peerless right hander continues to belt the reef. On the horizon lurks the spectre of a big old Cyclone. It's going to hit tomorrow around midday local ti ...

I still can't quite believe they didn't run this live over the web. Oh well here you go J-Bay Bong Pro Day 1 part 2 for yoooo. And while were about it who scored the biggest scores today? Two Hawaiians. Granger Larsen and Mr JJ Florence... Oh except for that bloke Jordy who seems to own the place now anyway. ...