ASP/Kirstin

The surf hasn't been so hot for the early rounds of the Mr Price Pro at Ballito, South Africa. You know, 3-4 feet, bit sideshore, you could take it or leave it. But this is a 6-Star Prime, one of only eight this year, so we figured we may as well run a few shots. Don't expect much, it's bog standard 'QS comp surfing in ordinary waves. I hope we haven't wasted your time.

Anyhoo, the organisers say there's swell coming and that's good news for everyone. See you soon.

The swell ebbed and pulsed all day, as did the perfect-10 scores - Josh Kerr got one, Parko got two in the same heat making the Oakley Pro Bali the second contest in a row someone has scored a perfect 20 heat score. There were also a few upsets as both John John and Slater got knoced in their Round 5 heats.

With another, even larger swell, due to arrive the contest should finish in great waves, but for now here are the best shots from yesterday.

There's worse places to be waiting for a swell than Bali. And it ain't just the smoothies and banana jaffles that make the downtime so good, it's the fact that even when there's apparently no waves it's still better than 90% of the time back home.

For the last three days the pros have whiled away their time in the flat Balinese stuff waiting for the next real swell to hit (BTW it's due sometime today).

All photos ASP.

Yesterday was Day 6 of the Volcom Fiji Pro and a layday was called. Those with an eye on their diary will recall that it was this day - Day 6 - last year when that freesurf session went down.

Yesterday's freesurf session at Cloudbreak didn't quite match up in terms of size and significance but it was pretty bloody good nevertheless.

All photos ASP/Kirstin

We're currently in the fifth consecutive layday at the Billabong Rio Pro and if you haven't been filling in those idle hours with Julio Adler's 'Semi Pro Shakedown' then you my friend have been missing out. But perhaps you have your reasons for missing it and if so I'll take your word for it.