The new Surfing Australia boardrider comp got off to a freight-training start last weekend. Waitpinga, on South Australia's south coast, turned on blue moon barrels for competitors and non-competitors alike (it wasn't just the contest bank that was turning itself inside out).

Darren Longbottom shot these images of Jye Demmrich getting thoroughly pitted between heats. Check shot 15 as Jye gets bucked over the foamball...and still makes the wave!

All photos by Darren.