Donning nothing but trunks in frigid Tasmanian water, Mikey Brennan decides to celebrate Christmas in true Aussie fashion and slams a beer in the barrel at Shipsterns.

A frothing Stuart Kennedy wins a 6* WQS in Tasmania and earns himself a wildcard into the upcoming Bells WCT event. Photos and video here.

Wild Weather And Surf As Final 24 Surfers Decided At O'Neill Cold Water Classic Tasmania

Four wheel drive vehicles were put to good use as the Association of Surfing Professionals 6-star rated O’Neill Cold Water Classic went mobile by accessing the 'beach road' to Lighthouse Beach for bigger and wilder surf.

Join Vans team riders Tanner, Pat, and Dane Gudauskas in Australia as they rip their way through one of surfing's iconic destinations...

In this hilarious video clip, those good ol' boy Hobgoods light up everyone...I'm not sure which one it is but when the these guys have a video camera rollin', everyone is fair game!

World ranked no.9 Smith defeated world no.5 Damien Hobgood with a total heat score of15.56 to13.17 (combined two wave total out of a possible 20) in the final of the 6 star World Qualifying Series (WQS) earning USD20000 and 2500 WQS points.

Jordy Smith joins Hobgood as the other WCT surfer making it comfortably into the quarterfinals, knocking out the young Hawaiian talent, Dusty Payne and setting up what is sure to be a thrilling heat against the Australian wonder-kid Owen Wright.

It was a morning of falling stars as a host of surfing’s big names who had made their way to this remote corner of the world for the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Tasmania, had their stay surprisingly cut short.

No, that does not mean Jordy and the boys are chasing around Tasmanian girls all day...

The big kids come out to play as Jordy Smith, Cory Lopez, Damien Hobgood, Josh Kerr and more surf round three of the most southerly WQS ever held—the O’Neill Coldwater Classic Tasmania.

Now this is a cool (literally) comp! Out in the sticks of Tasmania, the battlers of the WQS are duking it out in wild conditions.

The O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series launched in style today with Bluff Reef putting on a solid display of six to eight foot waves, showing the incredible potential of this area of Tasmania.