It was a strange feeling to be floating around in the lineup this morning surrounded by only five surfers. That’s right! FIVE!! Another half dozen were surfing the bank down at the middle of the beach and that was it! Australia’s most popular beach seemed to be impersonating some isolated south coast haven!

The waves were only small but clean in the light off shore wind. Some nice little rights were running down the bank, with an occasional fatter left filtering into the channel. The sun was out, blazing in a cloudless sky. Bondi was unusually peaceful and quite the opposite to the usual morning madness.

The Volcom Fiji Pro is back on today in 4-6 foot Cloudbreak. John John Florence, fresh back from an ankle injury sustained at the opening event of the year on the Gold Coast, just scored his 2nd 10 point ride of the contest. Can this kid be stopped? Imagine what he’ll be doing when his ankle is fully better!

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Billy