Rookie Wade Carmichael comes second.

"I've conciously chosen to stay small...so I can really put a lot of myself into each board."

Rio's most famous slab on the pump.

With their energy travelling hundreds of metres below the surface, long period swells can behave unexpectedly when they reach the coast.

What goes down must go up....and back down again with a bone-breaking thud.

While Filipe jags a ten and John John gets eliminated.

Examining the legacy of 'Big Wednesday' on its 40th anniversary.