16 of the worlds best tube riders gathered this week in Bali’s Bukit peninsula for the 2018 Rip Curl Cup. The invitation only event was made up of 8 international and 8 Indonesian surfers. 4 of the Indonesian surfers had to battle their way through a local trials competition to get a wild card spot into the event. After 2 weeks of waiting there was a monster swell on the horizon, it was anticipated to be the swell of the decade. The forecast was predicting the face size to be