BACKDROP OF THE YEAR

Sport & Wreck-reation All Photos: Shield

While people are rightly freaking about fuel spills, rescue efforts, pristine environments and the like, you've gotta admit, it's a pretty kickass backdrop, and you gotta admit it was also pretty outstanding when the locals started looting everything off it the moment it washed up on their reef.

In the past week, the crowds who have flocked to this little neck of the jungle are still gorging on a surplus of Ahi rescued from the illegal Taiwanese fishing boat, while the pros have simply been sussing the novelty backdrop during afternoon surfs