"It feels like the waves and I are both on a constant search for the best angle. Them from sea, me from land."

After walking away from Hurley last year, John John Florence has started his own company - Florence Marine X.

For the skinny bloke from Florida it's all about the barrel, and the bigger the better.

Walking the corridors of power, clearing the channels of sand!

Sit and watch and wait for the tide to come up a bit.