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Friday 10 January 2014 A curated selection of videos depicting the pinnacles of Hercules, the storm who this week smote Europe with the biggest swell they say was ever recorded. Prominent are Mullaghmore in Ireland and that giant wedge they call Belharra Reef in France, which actually broke.

Wednesday 8 January 2014 In her new year edition of Surf Widow Diaries, Jodi Leza looks at life this side of the lens, and the highs and lows of dating a man obsessed with shooting salt-encrusted people in tight rubber (Ian Thurtell).

Friday 3 January 2013 Keep a beady eye on potent east swell pulsing from Cyclone Bejisa, the first tropical cyclone of 2014, with an ETA in Durban of Monday morning, when the surf should reach 6 feet or more.

Friday 3 January 2014 Mikey February has been branded the next best thing, but as a South African must still crack the big leagues by beating the best and most well-resourced young surfers in the world. He chats to Cyle Myers. Images by Marishka Diebold.

Wednesday 26 June 2013 Shane McConkey burned through life like an incandescent flame until it was extinguished in the Dolomites of Italy during a ski BASE and wingsuit flight. Spike met Shane's widow Sherry, who was flown out for the premiere of his film.

Saturday 28 December 2013 After his big wave win in Spain and SURFING cover, Grant Twiggy Baker might be thinking that losing his sponsor was a blessing, asks Craig Jarvis.

Thursday 26 December 2013 Earlier this month, 2 lifeguards doing duty at Salt Rock Beach, KZN, survived a few scary moments as their rescue boat turned on them and then prowled the line up like a hungry shark. You would think trained lifeguards would know about a little invention called the killswitch?

Sunday 22 December 2013 Grant Twiggy Baker has won the Arnette Punta Galea Challenge in pumping 20 foot surf in the Basque Country, Spain, the first stop on the Xpreshon Big Wave World Tour.