Exhaustingly good ... And a great time slot to watch live. This is as good as it gets.

Agree TB, been a spectacular contest all round.

Would have liked an interview with Jordy after the re-surf, I'm guessing he wasn't in the mood to talk though. Roles reversed he would have done the same in a minute so hope he realises that. Him and Felippe is going to be the heat to watch.

I could go on and on but the winner has to be the surf- how much mind surfing have we all done in the last few days. Beautiful stuff.

Go Wilko! (and Felippe)

X 2 Zen. Spot on.....

2 heats cleared due to sharks, one with J dub and then with Mick , what r the chances!!!
Not sure I go for Connors resurf though, how much more would he have needed to get through,old heat scores were deleted, it was maybe a low 8 , would it really have made a difference?

This is great:+) this is more like being part of the Floyd Mayweather versus Conor McGregor beat up!
All we need is a fist fight and this sport tops it all! I mean we have death waves sharks and.......

Frederico Morais is now the deserving winner in my opinion!

A few things stand out. Not many of you's have ever surfed or seen very good waves have you. A wave that breaks like a freak bank at dribs, and zennie's foaming.

Then there's the even more obvious. You could hear that pointer laughing its fucking head off from here! Imagine it going back to its mates, laughing its fucking head off, and telling them, 'ya got come and look, now they've they painted themselves like fucking zebras, and they got these little bits of fucking wire hanging off their arses! Fucking hilarious, I swam where ever I fuckin' liked and they did fuck all!'

Then the finale. Kelly's bought surfing. Zenny and the little drivlin' double decker blowie will be first in line at the pool, after the WSL have banned the ocean, and will be the first to get their autographed copies of the 'Slats guide to weightlifting and back power (revised edition)'. And they will be first to buy the weather guides, telling them if they should wear their fannsy pastel T, or Parky hooded parka on the way down there.

I knew it would happen. Things are completely out of control over west too.

I've seen and surfed a few good waves in my time and if you don't think that, for the most part, that surf was anything less than spectacular then I really don't know what to say.

Interesting comments, Herc. You've been to Jeffreys I take it?

It does get better than this. That's a given. It's even been better in competition previously. With better approaches.

Anyway, frothers gotta froth.

Actually, how's the shark attitudes? Do I detect a change afoot? Less "kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out" to "meh, they just be chillin', no sweat"..."they're almost like dolphins with sharper teeth, chillax".

Will this pro attitude filter down to the cheap seats?

If I pulled up to what I consider good, and it needed a 200 knot cross shore to blow the 'swell' in, I'd say it was a surf, but wind fucked. If the 'big' sets were slopey, thin, wobbly fat handers, same. If I had to sit for ages to wait for a 'goody' same thing, fucked. Bunny hopping and even that fucking crouching, using your hands shit to pull you around the slop, that even JJF was reduced to... maybe that's your thing zennzless but... really? You've already booked ya tickets haven't ya.

Nup.

Just enjoying the show.

If Medina wins, pro surfing as we know it is gone.

Now if a shark 'meets and greets' him..??

Anyway, wave of the day

WSL - Fuck can we get an interview with the driver of that boat !

they showed the interview with the boat driver last night, he was almost a bit blase about the whole thing

If Herc reckons some of these waves (the not wind blown ones) are rubbish I am not sure what planet he is on. He is obviously nowhere near the standard of these fellas or he would be out there and frothing like they are. These are the best surfers in the world on great waves full stop. Never pleasing some people always a glass half empty miserable way to approach life.

Driving these class of boats is not as tricky as you think. But you may notice he nearly got a front edge in as he was coming down. He had control. There is a main rib thru the centre which prevents the buckle. It was cool but I'm not sure if WSL would be too happy. A smaller IRB (as what the lifeys use which a totally different story.
But that surf is as good as it gets given the timeframe we have had this swell - with more to come. And to think JJF was beaten just shows how these blokes are up ting the anti.

Looking back at the JJF - Frederico heat, I can't see Fredo winning it. Sure, Fredo made no errors but just look at JJfs laybacks, some green rooms. Hmmm just can't see it.

I can TB, bigger better wave selection, longer and surfed flawlessly.

JJ beat imo.

I reckon they are screwing up big time by throwing all these 10s out there and the JJF - Morais finish was the perfect example. By giving Frederico a 10 they combo'd JJF which is stupid. When you're trading mid 9's and throw a 10 in there it fucks it.

What happens if he comes out and gets a wave like Toledo's. It's about a 14 or 15 up against most of those 10's. It should not have been impossible for JJF to win that heat with a couple of minutes to go.

Membless, get a grip. Again, if the wind is howling 318 knot cross shore, and makes the 'swell' 'peak', it creates what is called fucking slop. And if that wind finally drops out, well, again, guess what the fucking slop hangs in for days. You might delight in surfing fucking slop, good for you. Also, if the sets all miss the reef, its slop, with thin fat handers. If you need to sit around for ages to finally find one worth riding, in the slop, its all yours. Never needed it. Some of us have standards.

Good call shats, the poor fucking boat crew was forced to ride the wave of the day (under direct command from upstairs), to create the 'excitement' of the day, because the 'champs' couldn't even figure out it was coming, or where it would break, and just got smashed by it.

Also, notice that the call, the cry, the blatant, cocky squwark from the booth, was that the boat was, quote, 'a twinnie'. The only craft that could get near the thing. And yes, the sceptics among us will note that it was made pretty clear that that comment was directly aimed at, yes, our own champeen twinnie drubber, stuwed.

Finally membles, trust me, the cheeks and clackers will already be quivering. By the time the girls running the show finish with their performing clowns (for a start, they are twice their size), those champeen clowns will say what they are told, when they are told, why they are told and how they are told, on demand. They will stand on the edge of the pool screeching, foaming, spraying and squwarking about the greatest waves, the most magnificent spectacle ever seen, as if their dear lives depended on it. And you fucking skittles will all line up nicely.

How embarrassing.

Almost as embarrassing as when you post that photo of Margo at that secret SA island right and claimed it was yourself Herc.

Now that was embarrassing .

Its a strike first ball!

Not sure if it'll change the result , but that strong offshore MAY hamper Toledo's air game .

Bugger ( almost ) has it all these days.

Day looks incredible.

Joe - " The first vision of the morning " as Toledo gets pitted.

WTF does that even mean ?

Some stacked quarters.

WSL must be pinching themselves with this Comp.

As I read somewhere else - when it's like this , how can a wavepool ever compare ?

Toledo made Jordy look very slow.