A few moments and characters that caught our eye today at the Volcom Pipe Pro plus photo and video highlights from all the action.

Check out this sweet little edit where we sit down with our boy Gavin Gillette and talk shop.

The cover of a surf magazine is the most sought after photo in the mag and a good measure of where surfing is at that moment. Here are the "page 1" moments from 2010...

For the last ten days, the North Shore has been barraged by a consistent North swell, and while that direction doesn't bode well for Pipeline, a handful of spots have been all time. Check this exclusive gallery and video featuring some of the world's best...

Despite airs being so en vogue right now, everyone knows that the crown jewel of surfing is the barrel ride. Check out these 18 photos from around this barrel filled world...

One of our favorite unsponsored pros, Kauai's Gavin Gillette, gets deeper than humanly possible at "The Box" in Western Australia...

"The Box" in Western Australia does it's thing (big, square barrels) for some of the world's best who are in town for the Drug Aware Pro WQS 6*...

After being good boys for a night we had to let loose with our new friend Laura Enever and some wild Goldy girls...

Patrick blew his competition out of the water in the first heat of the day with a combined two-wave total of 15.83...

Ignited by Ball Park: Gavin Gillette is presented with the newest issue of TransWorld SURF where he's on the cover. Gavin nailed his cover shot surfing against Joel Parkinson during the Pipeline Masters in December, ultimately dashing the Aussie's hopes for a ASP World Title.

An exclusive behind-the-scenes photo gallery and video documenting the day Mick Fanning won his second ASP World Title. Congrats Mick!

Our newest senior photographer Zak Noyle just got home from slab-heavy Western Australia with some of his Hawaiian homeys—Evan Valeire, Ola Eleogram, Sean Moody, and a handful of international rippers.