They're weather systems, but not as we know them. And to think about surfing in such an event - an event expressed in detail by James Hansen and outlined by blindboy - is "an almost obscene waste of effort."
In a season that has seen records broken and a collective surge in the big wave effort, the Wipeout of the Year was always gonna be a tightly contested category.
For Eddie Wearne it's beers, boardshorts, and a bullshit barrel, and then a postscript trip through The Rip.
His 2016 results haven't been up to scratch but his freesurfing is on point. Jeremy Flores tearing apart Duranbah during the Quiksilver Pro.
Bells action captured from the tide line.
A li'l edit put together by the WSL on the giant killer of the Quiksilver Pro.
Plenty of quality surf days to come as we head into the second half of the Rip Curl Pro waiting period.
Parko, Slater, John John, and Gabriel tumble in consective heats during a day of unpredicatble action at Bells Beach.
