The worst part about whitewater takeoffs is they're usually the bomb waves so then you also have to contend with people in your way and hope you don't kill anyone.

No matter what though and full credit to Connor, I NEVER get tired of watching Joel surf J'Bay.

It's sad ,I feel like Parko has been diminished somehow. He looked like it was his 5th heat of the day after a big night on the piss.

Take heed Kelly.

What am I talking about ? Fucker has never had a job and made a squillion getting sick pits and filthy chicks. Get a haircut and get a job ya hippy !

And get off my lawn !

PS - Bet Kelly is off his head on opiates to ease the pain. The pain of missing these waves.

Italo !!!

Shaun's slow charm is growing on me. He's having fun. Maybe sneaking in a few coronas. A skol every time Potts mentions speed management.

If you're younger than Pottz, you're a kid.

Italo just obliterated that wave . Turned her cherry pie right into jam.

Sir psycho , sir psycho - yeah !

And the claim....none.

I'm younger than Potts !

Can we trade Julian for Italo?

Double post .

Your on a tear Blowin !
I feel a claim coming on !

I don't want to peak too early , Larry.

Still early rounds . I've got to leave a bit in the tank.

Got the tissues handy just in case though.

Shaun Tomson is frothing

Italo/Michel- superb heat.

Italian Ferrari very unlucky

Dunno how Wilko gets a 7.67 for that wave which was bigger and more radically surfed (imo) than his 8?

Anyway, Go Wilko!

9.67 my arse.

Blowies worlds best surfer won/was gifted that heat but that arm and hopping between sections is just plain ugly.

I read a description that Medina was like one of those inflated tube men you see at used car yards. Classic.

Johnx2, first word that came to my lips was kanpeki- Japanese for perfect.

Only just tuned in but anyone else think the judges are blowing their nut?
John Johns 10, fucken awesome, but nothing on what he could do given the best wave in these conditions. I feel like they had to give him a 10 because they gave Frederico a 9.6. They're leaving themselves with nowhere to go.

Well turns out it didn't matter JJFs wave was the best of the heat.

Micks self served 7 only deserved a max of low 9's lucky it didn't count .

So that was a shark I saw breach out the back?

Oh FFS, can't they say the word SHARK?

Go to 12.21 remaining of the heat, right of screen.

Looks harmless.

Micks old mate dropped in to say hello.

Mako stops play, do they even bite?

If it was a Mako, how quickly could you get out there?

Lordy, it's empty and perfect.

Don't think it will be empty for long.

Hey Ben, try Firefox, it's working on that. Yeah, adobe, they need a way around that.

It works in every browser, but not if you don't have Flash.

Looks like the swell has dropped at J'Bay.

https://www.facebook.com/WSL/videos/10154898286297058/

Still looks pretty good.

What's the outlook?

Think Craig said picking up later in the day?

"...easing back to a clean 6ft the next morning (Wednesday local time).

However, it'll only be a temporary easing trend before the next long-period groundswell builds through Thursday.

We'll see a pre-frontal fetch of severe-gale W/NW winds set up an active sea state for post-frontal storm-force SW winds to move over, generating a large powerful SW groundswell.

From this we should see Jeffreys building to a large, clean 6-8ft through the day, with the swell easing from 6ft but out of a more S/SW direction during Friday morning (local time).'"

Stop it, I'm giddy:)

's on.

Golden goodness

Lordy....

Filipe...

Are you kidding me?!!

Fark!

10

Best wave ridden. Jaw on the ground.

Like a drugged up East German gymnast off the pommel horse does Filipe launch.

Wasn't that long ago that airs were considered near impossible at J Bay , Bells etc .

Now look at this shit.

Looks unbeatable.

But I reckon he wont win the Comp. Just a gut feeling.

"Probably one of the best waves ever surfed" - P. Mel.

"My mind is reeling." - R. Blakey.

"Fuck that shit." - S. Nettle.

That was incredible.

" As surfers we're sometimes accused of hyperbole " - Shaun Thomson

" He didn't give that 100 percent he gave it 1000 percent " - Shaun Thomson

The boat driver should've claimed that ride