Phil Jarratt on the unravelling of former stock market darling, SurfStitch

Was Lachie Rombouts wave the biggest ever ridden at North Av, or does Stretch Cooper's '91 effort still hold the gold star? And what about Beau Mitchell's QB behemoth, where does that fit in against the legends of yore?

Gabriel Medina storms past ADS, Slater, and Wilko to convincingly win the Fiji Pro. He now sits in second place on the rankings with Wilko still well out in front.

One of the best locations during the recent East Coast swell was an Illawarra beachbreak. An otherwise innocuous li'l strip of sand with few redeeming features.

This one is for the Sunny Coast proletariat. All the workers who headed off to the salt mines while the best swell in ages hit their local beaches.

Kelly Slater delivered the performance of the day opening up with an excellent 9.77 before dropping a perfect 10.00 for a 19.77 heat score.

"How strange it was to see men do something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant."

- Tim Winton, Breath.