It was a hearty consolation prize. All those folk who rose early, waiting for the Eddie webcast to begin can take some solace from the footage of the same swell hitting Peahi. Everyone is a winner!

...except perhaps Albee Layer who we see getting bucked in shots four and five, and who left in a neck brace after reporting tingles in his arm. Last word was Albee is OK, no spinal damage, just some big arse bruising and a few weeks on the sideline.

All photo Tim Bonython's Swell Chasers