1. Ace Buchan, depth and steepness. Exactly like a punchy wall at your local beachbreak but with the volume turned up to an almost surreal level.

   2. The take-off seems silly enough when looking directly into the bowl, but looks like downright lunacy when checking the action from the point. Here's rookie-of the-year contender Kai Otton.

   The other thing you'll notice about the behind the peak angle -- like on this thing detonating around Ian Walsh -- is the umbrella effect, where the lip throws out wider than a veranda.