Summer in California may not have officially started, but when a south swell lights up The Wedge, Malibu, and Santa Cruz for days on end, we gotta do something with all the photos that flood the inbox.

Between Shane Dorian's two-wave hold down at Mavericks and Josh Mulcoy's sketchy neck injury sustained at the Santa Cruz Harbor mouth, the Valentine's Day swell from hell was almost too much too handle... almost. California's winter for the ages keeps rocking!

One of the best winters in California keeps cranking along! Starring Dane Reynolds, Julian Wilson, Dusty Payne, Yadin Nicol, Geoff Brack, Bobby Martinez, Josh Hoyer, Peter Mel, Merle and more in yet Another Epic California Photo Gallery.

Josh Mulcoy, Jesse Merle Jones, Tanner Hendrickson, and Eric Geiselman score at some of southern Mexico's premier pointbreaks. Photos and video...don't miss EG's double alley-oop!

Fox team rider and one of NorCal's finest sheds the wetsuit and booties for some warm water ripping at some of southern Mexico's best pointbreaks.

Vans surf team member Dylan Graves links up with fellow Vans team riders in the Golden State for some classic West Coast conditions and road trippin' around the great state of California. Peep the video...

There's more to Mexico than cartels an killings—there's epic surf as evidenced by this video of the Vans team at an undisclosed location in Mainland Mexico. Featuring Josh Mulcoy, Dylan Graves, and Pat and Dane Gudauskas.

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.

The Vans surf team scores an under-the-radar south swell at an undisclosed Mexican beach break while the rest of California waits out a flat spell/frost advisory combo. The highlight of the trip was an amazing flip pulled off by Pat Gudauskas. Check the sequence for proof...Viva Mexico!

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...