The perfect frame, the perfect framing - this must be the definitive window on the Samoan archipelago. Zahn Foxton confidently anticipates the upper reaches of a reeling half-pipe. Photo: Tom Carey

Fergal Smith squares off against a heavy serving of Irish green, spaciously framed by the sudden slabby end of its Atlantic journey. Photo: Mickey Smith

Framed by a sheltering copse of pandanus trees and a pair of opportunistic wave-hunters, a lucent Burleigh Cove barrel (indicated by an inclined driftwood log) begs for a little social intercourse. John Witzig tells us that, “the pandanus is common to...

Jason Frederico comfortably ensconced, with Rockpiles thundering all around. Oahu, Hawaii. Photo: Sean Davey

The Australian Mick Fanning, former world champion and current number one screams off the bottom and sizes up the section ahead of him. In Supertubos the Rip Curl Search is on hold, because off the massive swell that hit Peniche, the biggest surf in a...