Ernie Higgins stumbled upon this group of surfers in the south pacific, riding hand shaped Alaias. There’s an article and photo gallery of the trip.

Layne Beachley paddled into a couple bombs at Ours with the Bra Boys before taking the tow rope herself. Frame grabs from Tim Bonython’s video of the session.

Stevie O’Hara and Buck Rowley over at my old stomping ground, Pioneers Boardshop, have gotten word from Brian Nevins who’s just spent a couple weeks in indo scoring crazy waves and photos.

“Just getting back to Singapore and taking in some reflection time from the past couple weeks cruising around Indo. What a trip. I can’t remember ever seeing waves this good, here… or anywhere. Cruising around with Brad Gerlach and the Marcotti clan walking into 12 straight days of perfect waves… Hope all is well.”

- Brian Nevins

Surfline has two epic photo series of a recent trip to an unknown location somewhere off the coast of Chile. Chris Buckard is the photographer with surfers Pete Mendia, Hank Gaskell, Christian Merello, Diego Medina, Nate Tyler, and Rodrigo Farias rounding out the crew.

Epic footage from Solid Rock, a new Aussie “superslab” down in New South Wales. Dean Bowen, Damien Wills, Byron Bartlett, Richie Vass, Ryan Hipwood, and Clint Kimmons score. Filmed and edited by Lee Kelly.

Super slow motion video of Dylan Longbottom in a decently big barrel. I’m guessing this is filmed on the new RED camera system. Check the youtube page for the full HD version.

Peter Mendia and Shea Lopez score some epic waves down in Central America (might as well be Indo). Greg Panas and Strangeday Productions were there to get the video.

“There are still some secret nooks and quiet crannies to be found between Mexico and Columbia. Recently, Gator State homeboys Peter Mendia and Shea Lopez went hunting one of these olas mysteriosos.”