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Wednesday 15 June 2011 Eina! A kitesurfing camera man gets chowed by a white shark while filming his mate scoring some sick waves in April. Next thing, pandemonium breaks out: bubbles, blood and biting. Luckily, his film editor saves his ass.

Wednesday 15 June 2011 Canon vs Nikon; Marcel Habets vs Stevo at a cranking lefthander in the Boland, the only wave that worked here on Sunday. The winner was Gunter Schultz who walked away with two angles of every wave he caught.

Wednesday 15 June 2011 If you haven't watched this GoPro highlights video, you should. If you have, watch it again and marvel at how these unique first person angles can revolutionise the way we practise tricks and train ourselves to successfully land them.

Monday 13 June 2011 The Isiqalo Foundation is not a kid's club. Surfing is part of it, and a sense of community is integral, but you've got to do the hard yards. A recent group attended a surfing course that included tests for HIV, writes Tim Conibear.

Monday 13 June 2011 This awe inspiring video depicts the work and mind of Mickey Smith, visual lyricist who captures Ireland's rugged beauty and raging waves. He helped put Ireland on the map as a global destination for perfect surf. A rare insight into the mind of a lens man waterman.

Friday 10 June 2011 Munich, Germany: A hard-hitting albatross art installation by surfers on show here again reminds the human race of the (literally) sickening consequence of plastic pollution in the ocean.

Friday 10 June 2011 Royden Bryson has just returned from the Brazilian leg of the World Tour with two solid results: a 13th and a 9th. Hours of training at a little point up the Weskus has paid dividends. Bryson is joined by Andrew Preen, Jared Aufrichtig and other lefthand radicals. Alan Robb pressed record.

Thursday 9 June 2011 Cape Town: Did you know you can basically paddle from False Bay to Table Bay along inland waterways? A bedraggled group of 14 adventurers sort of proved it when they paddled into Milnerton Lagoon on Sunday afternoon, having completed an epic ten hour journey on World Environment Day.