The Pe'ahi Challenge has been given the go ahead for Friday, but will it be as big as last year's event?

Mick Corbett and Jarryd Foster, two West Oz cowboys, whip into big Cow Bombie.

Time to warm up for the 2016 Pe'ahi Challenge with a look back at last year's event.

Throughout the 80s and 90s Mambo forged a curious Australian aesthetic based on farting dogs, lawnmowers, hills hoists and fibro shacks. It was rebellious, anti-authoritarian, funny and at times very rude.

With an XL storm crossing the North Pacific the WSL has called the much anticipated Jaws event on for Thursday.

They can explain those rare mysto swells as they swing a curveball into surf forecasting. What are Great Circle Paths and how do they affect you?

"I’m thinking surfers on or above 18,000 points are looking good for the CT," says WSL numbers guy Al Hunt.