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After a week of lay days, the world's best surfers got back to action at Barra Da Tijuca, tackling stormy surf to complete Round 2 of the Billabong Rio Pro.

Clouds have thickened up rather quickly this afternoon with temperatures now into the 80s and dewpoints rising into the middle...

"Oh my word, just look at this: a native laurel! This is just absolutely magical!" A quivering peak of botanical ecstasy had been noisily attained by one of our party. As so often with such experiences, though, anticlimax soon followed. My companion lost his footing and took an inelegant tumble on the sloping path. No harm was done but had the damage been worse I imagined composing the letter to ...