Earlier this week, under an onslaught of south and south-east swell, the reefs near Botany Bay heads were on the pump. Over the course of three days the usual crew - assorted Bra Boys, Hippo, Makua Rothman, Herb McLean, Matt Griggs, Kipp Caddy - stalled and weaved as the waves unloaded on the shallow shelfs.

All photos by Charlie Straumeitis (whose looking a picture of health these days!)