Well look who's back! Three Time ASP World Champion Andy Irons storms to victory over Kelly Slater and CJ Hobgood at Teahupo‘o to reassert himself into the elite ranks.

Unfortunately for the next few days the forecast isn’t really showing any improvement. The North Pacific is pretty much shut down by the high-pressure and the SPAC isn’t doing us any favors (well at least not yet).

Remember that whole ASP judging criteria revamping for "more progressive maneuvers" before this season started off? Well, how's it doing so far? Some of the world's top pros let you know their thoughts on it, and we want to hear yours!

Chippa Wilson and filmer Riley Blakeway have collabed on a new project, NOW. We caught up with Riley who tells us that the film is "a film about living, a film about today, a film about now" and that Chippa Wilson is "the most technically advanced aerial surfer on the planet." Peep the teaser and insight.

The California Surf Festival invites young filmmakers to submit a short film to the Grom Film Contest: Big Shorts From Little Groms. Tell your kids, friends, and family it's a great opportunity and entry is free!

Tahiti is a funny place in that conditions and weather can go from the prettiest thing you’ve ever seen to hellacious, windblown, rainy slop in the blink of an eye. On day three of the Billabong Pro Tahiti, contestants were rudely greeted with the latter.

With hurricane season’s first big ass-kicker of a storm—Hurricane Earl—barreling right toward the Outer Banks of North Carolina, most sane folks are evacuating the narrow strip of sand that is home to some of the East Coast’s best surf... not these guys.

The SPAC is still going to keep a few waves rolling our way for the next several days as the bigger S-SW swell will be fading out over the weekend. Get the full report here.

A dozen World Tour surfers see their 2010 campaigns abruptly end as the ASP World Tour is slashed from 45 to 32 surfers.... on the bright side, they're in Tahiti.

The Surfing America Prime Series kicks off it's second season on Camp Pendleton to the tune of a Coffin brothers sweep and more domination by Lakey Peterson. Check out the story, all the photos, and full results here.

Three huge upsets and perfect, three-to-five foot Teahupo‘o mark day 1 of the 2010 Billabong Pro Tahiti.

San Diego's Cyrus Sutton has a knack for the unconventional. His films deviate from the typical shred flick and his latest work, Stoked And Broke is another one along abnormal lines. Hear what he has to say about walking and surfing from Encinitas to Point Loma with Ryan Burch.

With hardly any surf in sight, UFC fights and Hinano beers take center stage at the 2010 Billabong Pro Tahiti...check the behind the scenes photos here.

Crazy doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel about today....

Here's where we're at in the most anticipated World Tour event of the year... “I ain’t going to no lagoon. Have you ever seen that movie Blue Lagoon? Crazy shit happens there.” Mutiny in Tahiti? Wouldn't be the first time.