On March 18, along a stretch of sand at Cape Woolamai, a straight shot south of Melbourne, the surf turned up a notch again. It wasn’t Nias by any means, but the second day of the Phillip Island ...

Remember the deluge of 10s from the Nias event last year? On March 18, along a stretch of sand at Cape Woolamai, a straight shot south of Melbourne, the surf turned up a notch again.

You don’t often hear the words “dream” and “proper waves” when the WSL Qualifying Series comes up. But the Australia/Oceana QS region has somehow secured legitimate venues under the radar.