Jed and Vaughn are back with Ain't That Swell. This week they plunge deep into the freezing conjecture and robotic posturing of Mick Fanning's win at the Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach. He is undoubtedly a master of the competitive format but is he, as they say, 'boring as bat shit?'

And what about how rattled Kelly Slater looked (and sounded) after his quarterfinal loss to John John Florence? Does the fire still burn strong in the alkaline intestinal tract of surfing's number one raw food advocate?

The 'Brazilian Storm' is preparing to rain black beans and air reverses on the world tour at the Billabong Pro, Rio, later this week. Can current world number one, Gabz Medina break the country's world title winning hoodoo? And how did they manage to skip, like, a 15 year evolutionary stage in surfing anyway? Feels like only yesterday Neco Padaratz was lighting up the WCT doldrums with his steroidal power hacks. Now they're way up in the skies. What gives?

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