Don't say Kirra is back, there's been too many false starts. Twenty metre speed runs caught on film and uploaded to YouTube, the images belying the 1:100 success ratio. Still images underneath headlines proclaiming her return as the outer bank - the bane of modern Kirra - is kept conveniently out of frame.

Don't say Kirra is back, because the powers that be will believe you and spend no more on improvements. Each time the words are uttered they're relayed to Gold Coast City Council who believe no further work is needed. The Bring Back Kirra crew stymied by the claim.

Don't say Kirra is back...although Occy said it was the best he'd surfed it in ten years and a host of Gold Coast surfers, beginning at the top with Bruce Lee, set their rails through bone-rattling barrels yesterday afternoon. Was it a glimpse of a once glorious past or a portent to Kirra's future?

Ryan (RYZphoto) Williams pondered the question as he shot these photos. To see more of Ryan's work visit his website.