Yeah, yeah, everything is bigger in the west or so the saying goes. Well, the saying is actually appropriated from the American west but it fits the Aussie west too: the waves of Margaret River; the mines of the Pilbarra; the chutzpah of Alan Bond. All of them B.I.G.

...and then you have the Perth beachies.

Except this year the Perth beachies have outdone themselves. They've regularly served up solid sessions, and Mike Maxted has been Johnny-on-the-spot to document it. This time it was a session with ex-West Coast Eagle, Phil Read, at a thumping local beachbreak.

All photos by Mike.