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whacked him on the nose there.

Just the whole vibe's

just changed right now.

- The vibe.

- Peace, brother.

Hey, I just brought tom in

for a cup of tea.

- It's freezing out there.

- One step ahead of you, mom.

G'day, tom.

Milk, sugar?

Been looking for you.

Haven't got all day.

Yeah, well, you know,

maybe it hasn't come in yet.

I spoke to the supplier.

It's been delivered.

Stop wasting my f***in' time.

Relax, mate.

I'm--

I'm just saying that

you hope--

I just hope it hasn't been

shaped and sold already--

...maybe I'm not

making myself clear.

That gear belongs

to some very heavy people.

Right? There's not much

they won't do to get it back.

Which puts me in an awkward

position, do you understand?

Oh, I underst--

ah!

Do you understand?!

Hmm?

- Well?

- Okay, yeah. Fair enough.

Fair enough, yeah.

I get it.

I'm sorry, man.

I took your stuff.

Excuse me?

I took your stuff

and I went through it all.

The lot?

What, two kilos

in a week, you blew?

I'm so sorry.

Don't you f***in' lie to me!

Oh! I took it all,

you d*ckhead!

Do I look like

a f***in' idiot to you? Hey?!

Tomorrow you're going to come

bring me my gear.

Because if you don't,

I'm gonna come back here...

...and I won't be as forgiving

next time, do you understand?

Yeah.

Oh!

How's the nose?

It's still there.

Well, I guess

that's something, right?

How did we end up here?

Welcome to the real world.

Screw the real world.

I'm gonna get out of here.

I'm gonna grab Gus and leave,...

...go up the coast,

somewhere hard to find.

Just leave.

What do you reckon?

Can I get you

a cup of tea, Kat?

Kat?

Hey.

I'm fine. Just a little

bit wobbly today.

Okay.

Hey, it'll be all right.

- I promise.

- Yeah.

I'm sorry.

This is really stupid.

I'm not usually like this.

I'm fine.

Cup of tea would be lovely.

All right.

Thanks, sweetie.

Jeez, that's a bugger,

isn't it?

Hello, Andrew.

How you holdin' up?

Me, I'm fine.

Terrible business, Gus.

Ah, he was a good kid.

I liked him.

Bet you he'd be pissed off to know

that he's left you in the sh*t, eh?

I don't know what

you're talking about, mate.

Come on, don't waste my time, mate.

It was him who came to me,...

...offering to get my product

delivered to your factory.

That's news to me.

Oh, well, that's just

a minor detail.

What's a major f***in' detail

is it never got to me.

So now it's real simple--

...you either give me my gear

or you give me my money.

What do you reckon?

What about you go and get

f***ed, we call it even?

Hmm?

Fair enough.

Ha!

You know,

in some f***ed-up countries,...

...they'll chop a bloke's hand off for

stealing another bloke's gear.

Ah!

That's a silly place to park.

I wouldn't do that if I was

you, you f***in' hippie.

Take a long time

to forgive that.

I guess we'll cross that

bridge when we come to it.

Let him go.

Don't make me

ask your mom, Andy.

You have to go to the police.

And say what?

That I'm in a feud...

...with the local bikie gang

over a drug debt?

Which is not yours.

It was delivered to my factory.

I even signed for it.

Okay, then call Gordon king.

His offer is pretty

reasonable considering--

...considering what?

I do that,

then I become Gordon king.

You're nothing like him. He

never surfed a day in his life.

It doesn't matter, lani!

We're not selling out.

That's the point.

Tell her, j.B.

Tell her.

She's right.

Sometimes you got

to exploit the system, yeah,

or the system's going

to exploit you.

It's darwinian, man.

We adapt, we survive...

...and we move on.

What the f*** are you talking about,

after all we've been through?

Having come this far?

Is everything clear?

Any questions, Kat,

feel free to drop me a line.

Then sign it and return it

as soon as you can.

Hello, Andrew.

You're making a very wise

decision, Mrs. Kelly.

Mom?

Hey!

You really thought

I'd agree to that, did you?

It's not up to you. The house

is in your mother's name.

I think you'll find

it's a very fair price.

What, the exact same amount

we paid for it 12 years ago?

- The market's been very flat.

- Andy!

- You thieving prick!

- Andrew, enough!

Safe travels.

Andrew, this way

we get to pack up...

...and start again somewhere new.

- We're not going anywhere, mom.

- I know about Miller.

Lani told me.

I know about the whole thing.

We fought for years to say

that we live here. All right?

And you're telling me that we're going to

run away with our tail between our legs?

Without so much as a fight?

A real fighter knows when to stand

his ground and when to walk away.

I thought you'd

worked that out by now.

It'll sort out the bank,

it's gonna take care of Miller.

Your ankle won't handle it.

Think about it.

These are pro surfers

from all over the world.

- You'll be lucky if you even qualify.

- It's $5,000, lani.

Which you have zero chance

of winning.

You think I'm gonna roll over for these

pricks, you've got another think coming.

This is real.

Miller is not going away.

- Exactly!

- Would you stop?

What?

You can't fix this on your own.

Okay?

You can't.

Not this time.

If Jimmy were here,

it might be a different story.

Yeah, but Jimmy's

not here, is he?

You know the trouble with

being the last man standing?

You got no one

to share it with.

Come on, come over here.

Have a good surf, man.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Is this the place to register

for the qualifying events?

Yeah yeah.

What's your name?

Andrew Kelly.

Uh, nah,

I've got a James Kelly.

Yeah, that's my brother.

I just want to compete

in the open qualifiers.

It's a pro event, so qualifying

heats are invite only.

- Sorry.

- Price of popularity, I'm afraid.

Hey, what do you think?

Too big?

She reckons you're not holding an

open qualifying round, Gordon.

I'm afraid not.

Seems everyone from sunny down...

...wants a crack at the five gs.

We are drowning in interest.

So what difference

would one more make then?

You scared an unknown

might scoop the pool?

Jeez.

You know what?

It breaks my heart

to see a grown man beg.

Hey, I can't help you

out there, though.

Good luck.

Day one of the

ocean king qualifying round,...

...with some heavy waves

out the back,...

...connecting right through

to the inside bank here.

Let's have a look.

Big set coming through here.

Turning and paddling hard is the

seacliffe local, Andrew Kelly.

Oh, it's a very low take-off--

no, he's made the drum!

He's crashed right down

through the lip!

Oh, this is tremendous stuff.

He's looking for the pocket.

Oh, ho ho ho!

Heavy wipe-out there

from Andrew Kelly!

Gee whiz, that's not

going to impress the judges.

I reckon he's already

trailing on the scoreboard.

Looks to be a little

out of his depth

in this building

six-to-eight-foot swell.

There's only seconds

to go now, folks.

Last chance for

one lucky surfer to step up...

...and score enough points to make

it through to the main event.

Oh, ho!

Top stuff!

Coming from behind to snag

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