Rip Curl: Taj Burrow hacks it under a steely sky.
Rip Curl: Taj Burrow powered past wildcard Jacob Willcox with hacks like this.
Rip Curl: Jacob Wilcox put on an impressive effort in his first WCT event.
Rip Curl: Gabriel Medina handled the challenging conditions with ease.
Rip Curl: Gabriel Medina gets airborne on the back of the ski.
Rip Curl: Adriano De Souza looked unstoppable, dispatching of wildcard Oney Anwar in Round 2.
Rip Curl: Pat Gudauskas narrowly bowed out in round 2
Rip Curl: Jack Perry, tracking a great cutback
Rip Curl: Jeremy Flores
Rip Curl: Owen Wright spreads his wings on a big bottom turn in Round 2.
Rip Curl: Dusty Payne strikes.
Rip Curl: Jordy Smith, full tilt in his Round 2 heat.
Rip Curl: Jordy Smith, drop wallet whip.
Rip Curl: Bede Durbidge
Rip Curl: Bede Durbidge
Rip Curl: Durbo cracks it.
Rip Curl: Brett Simpson
Rip Curl: CJ Hobgood
Rip Curl: Jordy Smith greets his junior fan club.
Rip Curl: Jordy Smith made this one.
Rip Curl: Owen Wright's big bottom turn.
Rip Curl: Adriano De Souza
Rip Curl: Adriano De Souza carried his great form into Round 3.
Rip Curl: Dusty Payne looking very comfortable in the wild conditions.
Rip Curl: Dusty Payne
Rip Curl: Michel Bourez was impressive but fell just short in one of the closest heats of Round 2.
Rip Curl: Pat Gudauskas put on a good show but couldn't sneak through to Round 3.
Rip Curl: Glyndyn and Tony Ringrose dodging an avalanche.
Rip Curl: Tiago Pires.
Rip Curl: Tiago Pires in the eye of the storm.