How good is this? Eight months after seperating his shoulder at Peahi, Mark Mathews is back in the water and paddling into the meaty stuff. Fella had to sit ourt record breaking El Nino season, an equally significant East Coast swell, and couldn't even surf his own Red Bull comp, but you wouldn't know it from the smile on his face during the first wave. Welcome back...

Footage filmed Sunday morning by Cameron Staunton. Also features Sam MacIntosh, Kirk Fintoff, and (I think) Tyler Barnes.