Over three weeks, Bruno Santos proved himself in everything. From 12' to 2', the Brasilian surfed through 10 heats, snapped all his boards, cut himself to pieces, executed world champs, out-classed tube-riding icons, and defeated famous locals.

It started in the trials and ended in a final affair this afternoon that was unfortunately a bit of a damp squib, despite the excitement of two wildcards making the final.

Manoa Drollet the hometown/national hero, and Bruno the underground Zilla who'd bizarrely been riding a borrowed 5'9" throughout his giant-killing spree.

The waves could only stutter, splutter and cough by the time the final hit the water and Drollet's local advantage wasn't enough, neither were the Tahitian lads who stood on the low-tide reef or cheered from "Manoa's Ark" in the channel. Check the slides.