KNOCKED OUT LOADED

Meanwhile, on the other side of the island ... as the Search event ran in almost record time ... as victor Bruce Irons held aloft his spinning globe trophy ... some of the most epic free surf sessions of the year have been going down.

Yep, even the losers get lucky sometimes, especially when we're talking about getting bumped early from surfing events in exotic locations.

That's what happened when Taylor Knox rocked up with fellow Round 2 loser Pancho Sullivan and mate Jamie O'Brien, and scored what the Keramas warung owners were claiming as the best day of the entire season.

With all the regular locals taking off to watch the contest at Ulus, for seven long hours there were never more than seven surfers in the water and Taylor in particular went to town on the place.

And the show continued this morning when Jordy, Luke Munro and Roy Powers arrived in a fleet of Toyota Kijangs and finished off the job.