ON THE COVER: LACHIE ROMBOUTS BY SAM VENN
This was a super last minute strike mission. We left home at 3am to arrive by sunrise. It was a dreamy morning. The wind had been blowing stiff offshore overnight and a low pressure system had been making its way up the coast for the last day so we knew the swell would be settled in. This was the same low that lit up the whole east coast of Oz and Fiji. The crowds were tame, and I got to see some mates in the water I hadn’t
