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Scott 'Whippy' Dennis and Brett Burcher: two hopped up rock jockeys from the NSW south coast chasing down the heaviest waves they can find.

It started with a high tide wobble and fresh trades threatening to turn the corner, it ended with grinding low tide Cloudbreak under a true trade offshore.

When too many toobs are too much. Here's your relief from the tedium; ten turns on the face with rails weighted just as they should be.

Yesterday was Day 6 of the Volcom Fiji Pro and a layday was called.

By Richard Kotch / World Surfaris

I had to search long and hard to find photos of surfers not in the barrel today. They weren't easy to find.

Seems any coastline facing into the Tasman basin is copping a heavy load of swell lately.

Been plenty of swell in Sydney so the regular rock jockeys have been visitng their regular rockshelfs.

There was plenty of swell when the pros first started rocking up in Fiji for the Volcom Pro last week.

Cloudbreak was six foot and perfect, World Champion Parko went fishing at a place called Jurassic Park, while Kelly Slater was sending Instagrams from Florid

This weekend in Sydney? Wet, windy, and wholly unphotogenic.

Last weekend in Sydney? Take a look for yourself...

Last year's Volcom Fiji Pro was a great contest with many highlights: Gabriel Medina rode the wave that would later be deemed the Wave of the Year; CJ Hobgoo

The Quiksilver Saquerama Prime has gone someway toward restroring faith in the Brazilian leg of the tour.

Mitch Coleborn scored his first ASP win at the Quiksilver Saquerama Prime earlier today.

With the cooling weather the easterly trade wind belt off SE QLD and Northern NSW has ground to a halt, and with it the ever-reliable easterly trade swells.

Our man with the cam, Jack Dekort, is traipsing 'round the northern NSW coast and his fortunes are on the rise.

Cenny Coast boys aren't too tough to dance.

And so it came down to this, the last day in the Billabong Rio Pro waiting period.

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 '