2012 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout Day1 Highlights from Prickett Films on Vimeo.

Whoah… Pipe got good, huh?

The tower is just hanging in there.

I went out on a ski early this morning with Freddie and Cory to check it out, and I’ve never seen anything like it. They were the biggest waves I’ve ever seen in my life. When Raimana is call it 20 foot you know it’s big. There were a couple of guys towing, but it was so sketchy. We went over one and looked down on Raimana who was standing in chest deep water on the reef. We were like two storeys above him and he was right where the left meets the right on the corner of the reef. I almost felt sick. Raimana had his vest blown off but luckily all he ended up with was a huge reef rash down one side. A Brazilian guy had his knee bending both ways. But it’s basically not surfable this morning, and Raimana has apparently just told everyone to stop towing as its just too big, the biggest he’s ever seen Chopes. I’m just about to grab a paddleboard and head and and watch it for a while from the channel… you don’t get chances to see the ocean like this too often.

Deano showed up with Koby last night. They're riding Dusty's ski and had two life vests between them, both of which Deano wanted.

The new right out the front of the house.

The new ocean out the front of the house.

The point has been underwater most of the morning with a grade five current ripping across it. Perfect for the kids to play in.

Mick and Deano

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Blam. //Tostee/ASP

There were a million brilliant Andy moments out at Teahupoo… where do you start? But for me, Andy and the shotgun claim was probably the best competition moment I’ve ever witnessed. Andy was surfing against Deano [Morrison] and needed a seven to win. I was staying with Andy and was his caddy, and he’s come flying out of this barrel in the dying seconds knowing he’d got the score he needed, and he’s claimed it by pretending to fire a shotgun into the air. But while he was busy doing that, Deano has got an even better barrel on the next one. I’m looking at Andy and he’s still claiming it, he’s reloaded his shotgun and is still firing, and I’m too far away to tell him he should probably stop. They announced that Deano had won, but Andy still didn’t hear it, and Deano has had to paddle over to him and say, “Umm, sorry mate, I think I won.” Andy didn’t say a word and just started paddling the half-mile back to shore, snapping. When I got home the stuff that was coming out of his mouth was some of the funniest shit I’ve ever heard in my life. After a while he’s stopped screaming at the walls and just looked at me and we’ve both just cracked up.” – Joel

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