He may have got knocked in the third round of the Quiksilver Pro but Australia's Great Wright Hope, the Big O from Lennox via Culburra, is poised for a big year. He now returns to Bells, the place where he claimed Slater's scalp last year.

And here is the Big O, training for Bells by pulling into warm-watered, sucky, lefthand barrels...

Simon Muirhead was in perfect position for the exit. //STUART NETTLE