So it's that time of year again. No more swells in the double digits. You're not quite sure if you're a bit happy that it's warm or a bit bummed that it's flat. Or both at once. For South Island surfers, the next few months will be mostly about fishing, camping and heading off in search of waves outside the Strait. It's transition time, and here's a new clip from Keegan Varney with himself, Ben Murphy and Ryan Oke shredding one of the last pulses of the season before the summer doldrums set in. From his description:

"As spring comes to a close in the Pacific Northwest, three surfers head out in search of the remaining northerly swells and get ready for the transition towards long summer days, tropical surf trips and healing old injuries."

For more, check out Keegan's YouTube feed here.

Think this kid is going to rip when he grows up? Uh, yes. Here's a clip of Rip Curl rider (and now professional paramedic) Christian Moutinho teaching his son to surf at the same Brazilian beach his dad learned at way back when. At nap time, Chris heads out to rip a few waves of his own.

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"My home is a van," says Monte Clarke on his blog Tomorrow's Free. "No rent, no bills, no stuff. The goal, one year off to search for the best things in life: perfect surf, mini ramps and rad humans to kick it with."

If you don't know Monte, you should—he's a devoted surfer, a longtime member of the Storm Surf Shop staff and a stoked presence in the Tofino lineups. Tomorrow's Free is his new Tumblr blog, and it's worth adding to your follow list for more homegrown Internet goodness. "It's a collaboration of me and my friends," he says, "sliding across the ocean on weird crafts and messing around with old equipment in our attempt to capture interesting images."

Check it out at tomorrowsfree.com.

Above: heading south on a local ferry off the coast of Guatemala.

Fresh off the plane from an Indo trip, our pal Isaac Raddysh spent a week posted up on the South Island before heading home to Tofino. Here's the record of one session in some reefy, fun-sized lefts. Filmed by Jasper Snow Rosen. For more, see the Subject to Holdups blog here.

South Island surf shooter James Murray has a show opening later this week in Victoria. According to James, it's "pretty much all surf and water shots." Sounds good to us. The opening party is this Thursday, March 7th, at 7:30 p.m. at Habit Coffee on Pandora. There's going to be a keg and beer. See y'all there.

Above: South Island goodness.

Below: Emily Ballard cross-stepping.