Ol' Jordy has had a tumultuous two months. Fella was leading the tally in October, looking resplendent in gold as he sought to consolidate his lead across Europe then bring it home in Hawaii.

But at Hossegor he lost to a local wildcard in Round 3, and at Portugal he went down by 0.4 of a point also in Round 3. And just like that Jordy was out of the race - not completely out, but not realistically in it either.

If Jordy was disillusioned at the turnaround of events then he didn't show it during this day at Lowers. Filmed over two sessions with water flyin' everywhere, the turns are sublime, varied, and spontaneous. It's surfing worthy of a world champion, but not this year.