NIAS GOES NUTS

The Pacific Ocean has much to answer for This time, some 4000 nautical miles to the east, when another mega swell hit the Indonesian island chain. Most spots maxed out at the height of the swell, but one famous right-hander held its own and produced another bone-jarring spectacle. Nineteen-year-old Burleigh Heads charger, Toby Mossop, was right in the mix, snaffling waves off some of the best surfers in the world. This is his account of the swell that hit Nias.