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There was dancing in the street and hoots of jubilation all last week as the swell arrived with more force than a dose of Bali belly after two cups of coffee.
Yes, the seas grew angry towards the weekend and the biggest waves started to roll in on Saturday morning when a low pressure system arrived just off our coast line to give us the first of what we had been hoping for – a serious eight to 10 foot plus swell.
The seas stayed this time instead of disappearing the next day like a like a drunken booty call – the waves hung around all week to give surfers not only dizzy height of elation but sore muscles so saw that their partners had to wait on them until those stiff joints loosened up.
When Saturday morning began to spark to life there was an abundance of surfers milling around with a nervous smile checking the mounting waves.
As the reefs started to feel out the new swell they were wearing, it was pretty obvious to everyone watching that the waves were on the rise and fast.
Before the major pulse came in some of the breaks which are notorious for waves of consequence were showing early signs of life, but before this actually happened there was some pretty damn good bombs blowing up everywhere on Collars Reef.
As I was paddling out for my first session of the day I saw James Tucker stroke into one of the best waves I had ever seen at the break.
It was a perfect six to eight foot left hander that would not have looked out of place at locations like Pipeline or a classy Indonesia reef.
James stepped in late to pull up the face of the wave as it unloaded the biggest spit possibly ever witnessed out there to then simply fly on down the line with a bewildered grin of unexpected bliss.
Kamikazes pretty much grew fangs and looked at the jugular of any surfer who dared to paddle amongst her retribution and there were plenty of surfers ready to temp her fate.
With stormy 10 foot peaks on offer, the heroic crew who assembled among the mountainous lumps were rewarded with some death defying drops and full stand up tubes.
With a hefty cast it was hard to single out any solitary surfer.
To summarise Jack Mack was my pick of the weekend for charging harder than interest rates on an overdue credit card and snap his dad’s favourite red beast.
Dale Farmillo caught one of the longest waves of the day and even the Star Wars character Chewbacca (aka pull back a) made an appearance in the form of one disguised local surfer.
Possibly one of the highlights of the session was not even in the water but in the car park when Matt "Reddog" Bryant was frothing so hard he stripped off naked and dived straight into his wetsuit.
This is not unusual but unbeknown to him there was a full wedding party standing behind him at the Golf Club and had the full view of the costume change just to give some added spice to those wedding photos.
Tahitian powerhouse Michel Bourez defeated Australia's Josh Kerr to win the world surfing tour's Margaret River Pro on Sunday.
Bourez downed Kerr 15.90 to 12.44 to clinch his first ASP WCT win after a slow start to the final, which was held in one-metre waves in the world tour's second stop.
It capped a big day for Bourez, who knocked out American legend and 11-time world champion Kelly Slater in the semi-finals.
"It's such a good feeling to win, it's a dream come true. Making the final here and surfing against such an amazing person [Kerr] was wonderful," Bourez said.
"It was such a tough heat out there because you don't know what to expect from Kerr.
"The semi-final was like a final. Surfing against Kelly Slater was a tough one, so I had to really push my level up.
"It's a long year and there are still nine contests to go, so I need to focus on the next one and relax. I can't wait for Bells [Beach] now; I have always liked that wave."
Last year's Margaret River runner-up, Kerr admitted it was painful to lose the decider again. "I just tried to relax going into the final," he said.
"It was a rough heat but I wanted to put a show on for everyone. It hurt last year getting runner-up and it hurts even more this year.
"I made a few errors at the start of the heat by falling on the inside and I definitely didn't choose the right waves. The heat came down to strategy and things didn't go my way. It's pretty annoying to make the final and surf really badly.
"I'm stoked with the result, though, the west has been good to me and I enjoy being here.''
The next stop on the world tour is the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, which is scheduled to run from Wednesday until April 27.
Stay classy Milton Ulladulla and if anyone would like to add anything to this column either call into Akwa Surf, buzz us on 4454 5222 or email me kurt@akwasurf.com.au
‘Til next week, stay wet.