This spring the Real Ideas Organisation is running a second wave of Cross Step, the free surf training programme for young people and they're on the lookout for a fresh batch of recruits.

If you fancy some sharp tongued wittery, head down to the Hall for Cornwall, Truro, on the 19 February as Stewart Lee takes to the stage.

Avatar might be getting all the hype, but it's not just Hollywood where animation rocks. Britain's doing some pretty fine stuff too and this February there's a chance to have your say on what's hot as the British Animation Awards 2010 come to town...

Everybody's talking about it. Since it launched in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, only one term has been on technophiles' lips. iPad. Will it revolutionise mobile computing or is it just another piece of pricey must-have technology?

Waimea Bay dishes up monumental surf for the 25^th anniversary of the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Competition.

Brrrr. It's pretty rare to see snow on the beaches in Cornwall, but here we are, the first week of 2010 with thick, white coat on Fistral Beach. Surf anyone?