WSL CT: Filipe Toledo has won the Corona Open J-Bay today after besting 2017 CT Rookie Frederico Morais in the Final. Stop No. 6 of 11 on the 2017 Championship Tour was graced with flawless conditions, resulting in barrier-breaking performances by the world’s best surfers, eight perfect 10-point rides and no shortage of drama.

CREATORS: Patrick Trefz is a surfer and photographer from Santa Cruz who has built a solid portfolio of images from his global travels. As comfortable in the wilds of Alaska as he is in the sidewalk sophistication of a Biarritz cafe, Patrick’s work is born out of travelling. He’s taken his visual sensibility and branched into film with projects like “Thread” and “Idiosyncracies”. With his latest project “Surfer’s Blood” his technical chops had to increase tenfold in the editing bay to attain the vision he had in mind. The new film is launching this month.

16 June, 2017 - FILM-PROXIMITY: We recently spoke with the man who stamped the blue print for the modern surf video. Taylor Steele, the creator responsible for the decades-long genre of quick edit surfstar- focused shot-from-the-beach videos set to third-wave punk rock and interspersed with tepid comedy sketches, has moved on. He moved past this a while back with “Sippping Jetstreams,” “Castles in the Sky” and Rob Machado’s existential angst bio “The Drifter.”

14 June, 2017 - WSL CT: The Outerknown Fiji Pro decided the first four Quarterfinalists today after the completion of non-elimination Round 4 in clean four-to-five foot waves at Cloudbreak.

12 June, 2017 - SURFPARKS: Wavegarden has just dropped the latest edit featuring their new Cove technology. There was much excitement surrounding the company when they began testing their innovative systems in the Basque Country in 2005. Since then they've launched systems in Wales and America with plans in the works for Spain, Scotland, Australia and elsewhere around the globe.