Filmed by Nick Christy, Mike Ruthnum and Diego Alvares Heres. Edit by Tom Vaughan. “That was as perfect as J-Bay gets.” Luke Thompson is just coming off the back of a four-day run of swell in South ...

Oftentimes with Championship Tour events, an unfortunate pattern emerges. The waves will pump before the event window, then stutter by the first day of competition. That won't be the case with the ...