BRAZILIAN ITALO FERREIRA IS CURRENTLY TIED FOR FIRST ON THE 'CT RANKINGS. THIS EDIT MIGHT PROVE WHY HE'S SITTING AT THE TOP SPOT

In the edit above, you’ll see one Italo Ferriera going absolutely ham at Fernando de Noronha-an archipelago about 350 kilometers off Brazil’s northeast coast and the country’s finest swell magnet. Sitting at the top of the rankings (tied with Mr. Julian Wilson) and with the Oi Rio Pro officially underway, Ferriera will be looking to bring a little bit of the spice you see above to the shores of Saquarema this week. Press play and get a taste of what’ll come this week-if the waves cooperate that is.

As the youngest ever world tour qualifier Caroline Marks has a lot to learn from three-time world champion Carissa Moore.

The pair got together to chase waves, talk tour life, and have some laughs. Just weeks before her World Tour debut, Caroline Marks, the youngest ever tour qualifier, was on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, like pretty much every other professional surfer. No doubt, Caroline has no problem holding her own in the line-up. But there definitely were some little details of the tour life that she still needed to learn. Good thing she’s friends with three-time world champion, Carissa Moore.

Laura lends her hand to penning a little poem.

“You taught me to feel

Feel excitement and fear

Wonder

Joy Feel time stop

You’ve shown me beauty

Beauty in challenge

Simplicity

And Wild

In the world Beauty in the unknown

You gave me strength

Strength to fly

To fall

And to get back up

To let go

Strength within

Hear that

That’s the sweet sound of intuition

A Magnetic pull

Like currents

Towards you

Where time goes slowly

You float weightlessly

Swim freely

Live authentically

My sweet escape

And still I feel right at home I think its love”

-Laura Enever