Last Friday young Queenscliff photographer, Blaise Bell, shot Kai Otton testing boards at South Curl Curl. Kai was tuning in his equipment before leaving for the US Open at Huntington this week.

While he shot stills, Blaise's older brother, Tyler, filmed video of the session. Both of them capturing a surfer who was clearly on point, surfing with devastating speed and power.

It didn't add up too much however, Kai got KO'ed in his first round heat at Huntington, held in 1-2 foot windblown junk. If only it was more like South Curly...