Southwest Australia

There are a number of waves in the world most surfers can't even imagine riding. The Right is one of 'em.

In March of 2015, young West Oz pro Jacob Willcox broke his ankle. (It happens.) Since then, he's been out of the water for close to 11 weeks. (As expected.) Kid's got a long, painful rehab process in front of him. (Naturally.) But he hopes to be back in the water by August. (Cross your fingers.) Until then, here's enough grade-A footage to keep his name relevant and on your radar. (Because one day, you're probably gonna want him on your Fantasy Surf Team.)

If it's not the best surf on Earth, then at the very least it's the best surf the WSL has seen all year. And the variety, the color, the general vibe... you'd have a hard time picking a more ideal surfing environment. The RVCA team puts their signatures on that statement with this montage.

Damo tuning in his tube riding skills in West Oz's finest slabs.

Cyclops is not exactly makeable. It's not a beachbreak. Yet Bradley Norris is so cozy, he charges it like one. Cyclops is not exactly funny. It's not Louis C.K. Yet Bradley Norris is so at home, he seems to be cracking jokes amidst the treachery. Cyclops is not exactly friendly. It's not a bar. Yet Bradley Norris is so comfortable, he kicks back and drinks beer in the barrel.

It's cool how this clip starts out looking like nighttime footage, then you realize it's actually just shadowing from the lip. It's cool how the slow-motion effect makes you believe this is a normal ocean wave, then you realize it takes a fully strapped jet-ski, hard-earned local knowledge and otherworldly courage to access it. It's cool how the spot is named after a mythical monster, then you realize the metaphor is quite accurate.

That's all that's cool. The rest is intensely, swelteringly... terrifying. That's probably why no one's riding it.

Taj Burrow, Jay Davies and friends get shacked silly in SW Australia.

Nate Yeomans ripping with Cory Lopez, Damien Hobgood + Julian Wilson

Jay Davies finds some of the finest barrels West Oz has to offer.

Shipsterns claims carnage while Julian Wilson and crew score mega-free surfs at North Point and Supertubes. Other surfers include: Richie Vaculik, Evan Faulks, Paul Morgan, Andrew Mooney & Tassy locals Mike Brennan, James Cross, Ben Richardson, James Hollmer-Cross, James McKean & in Western Australia in the Margaret River area at Super Tubes & Nth Point - featuring Nathan Hedge, Julian Wilson, Dino Adrian, Hank Gaskell, Kirk Flintoff, Evan Geislman & Cory Lopez.

Your prayers aren't always answered in the order they're received. Sebastian Zietz just won his first CT event, finally -- and he did it without even being a member of the Top-34.

Current World #1 finds the right line; into the Final with Tyler Wright.

Here's the best of the no-loser's round in damn fine Margaret's -- a recap of the action from the first three heats of R4.

Coming up R5 matchups:
Matt Wilkinson vs Nat Young
Adrian Buchan vs Julian Wilson
Gabriel Medina vs Italo Ferreira
Caio Ibelli vs Jordy Smith

Kolohe Andino takes the win in Round Four against Jordy Smith and Gabriel Medina to move directly into the Quarterfinal.

Coming up R5 matchups:
Matt Wilkinson vs Nat Young
Adrian Buchan vs Julian Wilson
Gabriel Medina vs Italo Ferreira
Caio Ibelli vs Jordy Smith

Wright gets tubed in the final to take the win over current ratings leader Courtney Conlogue.

John John Florence, Sebastian Zietz and Adrian Buchan go toe-to-toe. John John takes the win.

Florence ends heat one of round four with a huge score to earn a fast-track win to the Quarters. Flores and Bourez sent to round five.

The Box claimed more victims as the Top 34 toppled and tumbled their way through Round 3.

Florence, Davies, Seabass dominate The Box; Slater rules Main Break

Slater puts together a perfect score after posting a 9.5 in R3 against Micro at Main Break.

Local wildcard takes down Fanning in R3 with a massive score at the Box.

Otton knifes drop on his backhand to earn 9.57 at The Box, but fails to advance out of R3 over Michel Bourez.

Wright scores first perfect score in heavy conditions during R2 of the Drug Aware Pro

De Souza air-drops into a near perfect score against Alejo Muniz in heat two of round two.

John John, Seabass, Kelly Slater + more charge the Box during the first day of competition.

World's best take a beating at the Box and Margaret River Main Break during round one.

Adrian Buchan posts 9.53 in heat seven of round one against Josh Kerr and Keanu Asing to take the dying minute win.

Sebastian Zietz posts a 9.23 in Heat 5 of Round 1 against Adriano de Souza and CJ Hobgood to take the fast-track route directly to Round 3.

Kerrzy takes down Taj in final with massive airs at Margaret River.

Margaret River lights up for Day Five of Drug Aware Pro presented by Rusty.

World's best score pumping waves with excellent conditions during day 3 at Margaret River.

A day in the life with Margaret River ripper Creed McTaggart.

The Quarters, Semis, and Finals of the 6star WQS Margaret River Pro.

The wind came up and the swell dropped, but the girls finally got the chance to show their skills out at the Margaret River Mainbreak.

Unlike last year, we have yet to see any amazing North Point or Box freesurfs from West Oz. The dudes have been spending a bunch of time at the contest site, using the side-onshores to their full advantage.

Julian, Adriano, Gabriel, Wilko advance.

We were getting kinda tired of seeing all those sweet, sultry dream sequences at North Point since the WSL landed in West Oz this year. All that textbook surfing, all those idyllic waves, all those clean conditions... It was almost starting to look too scripted, too homogenized. We know for a fact that North Point gets a lot uglier, a lot more violent than what we've been shown lately. So thanks to Jay Davies and pals for reacquainting us with that punk edge.

Dusty Payne's road to victory at the 2013 Drug Aware Margaret River Pro.

11 time world champion Kelly Slater catches a GoPro Challenge free surf with local dolphins at The Box in Western Australia.