While the official start to winter is weeks away, a solid north swell lit up the entire West Coast and had surfers from Santa Cruz to Ensenada waxing up the big boards and going for broke.

Matt Wilkinson wins big at Steamer Lane while fellow Aussie Shaun Cansdell nets the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series and $50,000.

California's epic Winter of 2009/2010 continues it's stellar form as yet another swell lights up the entire West Coast. All photos were taken this past weekend. Enjoy and go get some for yourself!

Announcing the starting lineups for the much-anticipated 2009 Cali Rally. With the returning champions from Billabong joining teams from …Lost, Analog and Reef, the 2009 Cali Rally is shaping up to be the gnarliest road trip these guys have ever been through!

Episode #4 of Nelly’s Magic Moments takes us to Nelly’s hometown of Santa Cruz, California for some ice cold, mid-winter ripping courtesy of Jordy Smith, Josh Mulcoy, Homer Henard, Matt Rockhold, Russell Smith, Johnny Craft, and the Gudauskas bros.

A huge photo gallery featuring Jordy Smith, the Gudauskas bros, Dusty Payne, Josh Mulcoy, Johnny Craft, Matt Rockhold, Homer Henard, Nic Lamb, and amazingly enough; chicks on the beach taking in all the action! It doesn't get any better than this...

Billabong kidnaps TWS photog Jack English and flies him down to Baja to shoot Johnny Craft, Sterling Spencer, and newly signed junior star Granger Larsen. Fun photos from a fun trip. Orale! All photos: Jack English