Welcome to the promised land!

What are you after? Sand-bottomed barrels? Brown skin? Boobs? A big bloody house on a shark-infested canal?

How about all of the above?

Well, here in the promised land you can have just that...

On the Gold Coast there are more activities for the aspirational surfer than anywhere else on Earth. Especially at this time of year. On Monday, somewhere between D'bah and Straddie - somewhere in the middle of the promised land - was going off.

Here's Adam Weathered's angle. //STUART NETTLE