Ain’t That Swell welcomes its Captain/Coach and newly minted World Masters Champion, Robert Bain, back to the spiritual home of The Swellian (Paulie’s bong scum basement on Parramatta Road, Petersham). We break down his momentous victory in the Azores in all its glorious detail. There’s a special Shout Outs from Vaughan’s wedding to his greco-Austraaalien wifey, Ali Deadly-Mandalis. A look ahead to France where a world title strangle hold beckons for Gabriel Medina and immortality for Stephanie Gilmore as she looks to sew up her seventh crown. There’s Waco Wave Pool Punt Contests, brain eating parasites, and petrochemical companies hope to fuck a giant hole in the planet with their huge drill.