CONDITIONS: Pumping Eight- to 10-foot on Friday gave way to one- to two-footers Sunday. Sunny and glassy all weekend.

Australia has 2.5 million recreative surfers and the surf industry generates $3.3 billion a year for the Gold Coast economy. That is why local authorities and Tourism representatives are planning to invest in artificial wave parks and surf pools that may boost the surf circus and reduce the increasing case of surf rage in the line-up.

"I can't wait until wavepools start becoming common, and not just because my namesake is a ..."

Mark writes: A few weeks ago my good friends at The Frothers Gallery sat me down and asked why I shot the series.

Nate Lawrence's epic and expansive surf photography career started with a cold.

Philip Edwards was the first surfer to ride Banzai Pipeline, in Hawaii, back in 1961. Phil, also known as "The Guayule Kid", was born on the 10th June 1938, in Long Beach, California.

Lau­ren Hill, a Florida native now liv­ing in Byron Bay, is an envi­ron­men­tal advo­cate, writer, and film-maker. She is the cre­ator of 31 Days /31 Ways, a short-film series, and was involved with the Trans­parensea Voy­age. We spoke with Lau­ren to learn more about her full and fas­ci­nat­ing life.

What was your child­hood like?

Balancing school, graduation, family, friends, and having a boyfriend can be tough for most teenagers. The thing is, most teenagers are not also professional surfers. Watch as pro female surfer Carissa Moore lives out her life and figures out how to balance being a pro surfer and a teenager at the same time.

"That chick is a little ripper!"

NOAA Officials attempt to "educate" big wave surfers on the ban against the life saving vehicles that assist the surfers. The vehicles are supposed to represent a "threat to wildlife", even though other craft with the same engines are not banned.

"Good thing these guys didn't have any taser guns, Skin Dog would have been shot like the g ..."

"Yes, and for the record, I would rather see the life of a surfer saved at Mavericks than w ..."

""My heads on a different plane right now, stop talking to me" "you're a mind virus, stop t ..."

"However a question remains, with the Hawaiian ecosystem being as delicate as it is, why no ..."

"I've considered myself an environmentalist, but this is just one case where I strongly fee ..."