In this day and age of triple corks and energy drink sponsors, it’s cool to see a contest that looks to be a throw back to what keeps it all fun.

Ps If you don’t know who Gerry Lopez is…well…it’s Alex Lopez’s dad.

Summer X Games is on it’s last year in Los Angeles and there are several cities making bids at having the circus come to town. This video submission from the city of Detroit is looking like they mean business.

Julian landed this backside grab ally oop 3 (Kind of 5 if you count the reverty slide around) during one of the free surf sessions at the Billabong Rio Pro. Once again, the surf world will be baffled about what to call it.

If you ain’t corkin’ you ain’t livin’. YOLO – You Only Landed One

Well, that’s one way to handle the work commute.

Stevie also has a mean clean switch back lip.

Looks like there were some heavy late drops and lots of sand in weird places when it was all over.

Last June the biggest day ever surfed at Tavarua’s famous outer reef Cloudbreak, went down. This is the teaser for the vid that tells the story.

Audi’s creative marketing team is good.