After his 2021 breakout year on the Championship Tour, it felt like we'd be cheering on Morgs in that arena for years to come. He beat John John, twice, came second in the Rottnest Search event, and made the Final Five in his first outing.

Back foot-heavy rail work was in the ascendance and that suited Morgs just fine with his twitch-free full face carves, accentuated by zero gravity finners whenever he aimed over the lip.

Yet 2022 was everything the prior year wasn't. For one, it was the first year of the mid-year cut so surfers had just five comps to get their act together. Morgs started with a 33rd, then had three 17ths, and a 9th - and suddenly he was off tour.

Nor could he recreate his back end run that saw him promoted to the CT. He finished 12th on the Challenger in 2022, 16th in 2023, and is down to 19th this year. Despite proving he could not only make the CT but thrive on it, Morgs is now lost in Changaland.

Reasons..? Who knows? Nothing is obvious. The Challenger is just a wildly tough series with many talented surfers so good luck has to roll your way all year long.

Outside of the coloured vests, Morgs has been working on this short-ish edit. With three great tunes, it's a reminder of what the one-time Final Fiver is capable of.