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Saturday 26 February 2011 - Press Release GOLD COAST, Queensland/Australia: Jordy Smith showed irrepressible form on the opening day of the 2011 ASP world title season to blast the rippable 3' surf at Snapper Rocks in the first round of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast.

Friday 25 February 2011 Reams have been written about his freakish talent, but what of Jordy Smith as a person? Chris Mason searches for the human beneath the hype, and discovers what we suspected all along: a pretty cool guy. Photos: Clare Louise Thomas and Craig Kolesky.

Thursday 24 February 2011 Marcel Habets dusts off the camera after a long flat spell and catches the boys frothing over anything as the swell direction shifts and sends some waves into the other side of the bay. Johno Mellish, Gustav Botha, Simon Heale and a few others were all over it like a heat rash in a sauna.

Thursday 24 February 2011 The final day of the IBA Pipeline Pro wrapped up a week of top booger riding on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. This clip is a poweful show reel, with epic sound track and hot-blooded editing, that distills the action.

Thursday 24 February 2011 There be a land of warm water, lazy days, big sharks, mellow vibes and few crowds, well except over Kersfees and random weekends. Ronald Langeveld sums up summer so far in his neck of the woods in a lost land north of the Kei.

Wednesday 23 February 2011 Cape St Francis: A meeting between a parliamentary delegation and angry residents about a planned nuclear powerplant at Thyspunt teetered on the brink of anarchy at times here yesterday. Story and images by Paul van Jaarsveld.

Wednesday 23 February 2011 Jeff Hubbard, 35, Hawaii, has won the first event of the 2011 International Bodyboard Association World Tour, the IBA Pipeline Pro, which culminated yesterday in 4-6' waves at Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii.

Wednesday 23 February 2011 This sand bar keeps delivering, small or big. Simone Robb finds fresh angles at what has been her office this summer. Dave Richards, Josh Kleeve, Brendon Gibbons, Mickey Duffus and Pierre de Villers enjoy a solid summer's day.