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Monday 23 May 2011 BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil: South Africa's world title hope Jordy Smith has slipped to fifth place in the ASP World Tour rankings after a disappointing result in the Billabong Rio Pro, which was won by local wunderkind Adriano de Souza, 24.

Monday 23 May 2011 The South African Junior Surfing team successfully retained the Lotto SANZ Trophy on Friday by recording a victory over their counterparts from New Zealand in a warm-up event before the 2011 Quiksilver ISA World Junior Surfing Championships which got underway in Peru yesterday, says the press release.

Monday 23 May 2011 Recently, hellman Garrett McNamara and crazy friends tackled a new spot off the island of San Miguel, aptly named Shark Bay. This is definitely one of the more extreme tow-in slabs ever taken on as Garrett soon found out. Love the way surfers can give a blow by blow account of their wipeouts. Gnarly man.

Sunday 22 May 2011 Board shapers and ding repairers rub their hands with glee as 200 longboarders (x 10 toes on the nose) descend on Durban for the South African Longboarding Championships which starts at New Pier tomorrow, writes Deon Bing.

Saturday 21 May 2011 Get your daily dosage of epic with this mad trailer for extreme snowboarder Travis Rice's new film The Art of Flight. Following the mindblowing That's It, That's All, this film signals a crazy leap in the evolution of the sport.

Friday 20 May 2011 BARRA DA TIJUCA, Rio de Janeiro: Massive upsets and big scores underlined Rounds 3 and 4 of the Billabong Rio Pro in punchy four foot waves, according to the press release.

Friday 20 May 2011 The Zumafish peaks from his WC as strange marine life greets Gerry and Vito after they plunge into the mystic pool. Suddenly, a strange sounds whistles through the water. It's coming from down there!

Friday 20 May 2011 StJohn Lombard discovered that his 7D can shoot video, so he gave it a test run at a secret Ledge down in East London. How perfect is that wave.