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Tuesday 31 May 2011 Epic clip of the East Coast swell last Thursday. Sickness! The fronts kept coming, the wind went offshore and the swell grew. While the longboarders fought it out between the sticks, a lucky few had southern perfection to themselves. Ronald Langeveld was there.

Tuesday 31 May 2011 This video of the world's first BMX triple backflip has been viewed 4 million times in 3 days. Totally crazy. Also, how's his landing? Tighter than a gnat's crack.

Monday 30 May 2011 Extreme ocean conditions can be expected today and tomorrow as a huge storm hits the southern coastline of South Africa, bringing Westerly gales, huge seas and severe weather warnings.

Monday 30 May 2011 Addington Beach, Durban: Brad Weare clinched the South African Longboard Surfing championship title in treacherous and gnarly surf conditions in Durban on Saturday, write Fred Kockott and Deon Bing.

Monday 30 May 2011 The NSRI has issued a shark warning after a Cape Town surfer was bumped by a great white shark while surfing the Wreck in Plettenberg Bay on Sunday afternoon.

Friday 27 May 2011 IT was a week of all seasons at the SA Longboarding Champs, with sunshine, small glassy surf, pumping busters, and rising swell providing a variety of challenges despite the pedigree of the riders here this week, write Fred Kockett and Joel Burton, with input from the press release.

Thursday 25 May 2011 Jaw-drop surfing from Coco and crew in this full download of Leave a Message, a 24 minute film also featuring Malia Manual, Monica Bryne-Wickey, Lakey Patterson, Laura Enever and Carissa Moore. Busting reverse airs, tail slides, big nuggety tubes ... all in a day's work. Epic stuff.

Thursday 26 May 2011 A high surf advisory has been issued for the Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships, prompting organisers to bring the last day of the event forward to Saturday to limit the youngsters' exposure to a 20ft+ swell forecast.