While laid up at Queens Hospital, Volcom Pipe Pro "Warrior" Ricky Whitlock talks to Lance Loko after breaking his back yesterday while warming up for the contest.

Sector 9 surfer/skaters Ricky Whitlock, Justin Quirk, and Mike Morrissey make a Spring Break strike to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

With a sub-par winter behind us, spring roars into California with back-to-back swells that lit up the coast from Santa Cruz to San Diego. While it wasn't all-time, surf starved Californians will take it...

For the second time, TWS partners up with Jeff King from the Fuel TV show Built To Shred in an attempt to ride a rail in the surf. Sound crazy? It was. Tune in to Fuel TV starting Sunday at 10:30pm for the episode called "Surf Rail Of Death 2

An exclusive photo gallery from the last couple days in south-swell-blessed yet cold-water-challenged California...

Local boy and event wildcard David Rutherford smokes a talented field in gaping 8-10 foot barrels at one of the heaviest beachbreaks in the world.

Firing surf in the six-to-eight foot range at the infamous Mexican Pipeline decided the Quarterfinalists at the 4-Star Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido today...

The first significant west swell of the season lights up a fickle spot for a select crew of San Diego County locals and a few visitors.

Hey, when did Carlsbad, CA.'s Ricky Whitlock become this madman big wave guy?

Staying true to its tag line, recent April showers will bring May flowers. You gotta love April as you know spring is in the air whether you’re a school kid on Easter break or with the ocean starting to warm up. Either way you are probably at the beach getting your base-bronze on somewhere. Summer [...]

Matix goes big and rents out two different joints in LA for the release of their signature book, This Is Progress, which celebrates ten years of all things Matix. For more info go to www.matixclothing.com.

Check out the Matix Surf team in action on the North Shore of Oahu as seen on their new online push called "Matix Mondays".

For the newest of the new Check's Files, we got the freshest of the fresh images from this weeks Southern California swell. Disfrute el sabor!

The Nixon surf team rips and parties their way through France as they prepare for the Nixon Surf Challenge to be held just across the border in San Sebastian, Spain. All photos: Todd Glaser