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Event
Information:
The
Billabong Pipeline Masters is a
prestigious event in surfing held
annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu,
Hawaii. It was established in 1970
and attracts the top 45 surfers from
the Association of Surfing
Professionals (ASP) as well as 16
surfers who compete in walk on
trials. The surfers compete for a
share of $320,000 prize money. The
event is the final leg of the Triple
Crown of Surfing and the final event
on the ASP World Tour.
The
Billabong Pipe Masters challenges
the World Tour like no other event
in professional surfing. If 2nd Reef
sets detonating on shallow coral
heads doesn’t make the elite Pros a
little nervous, going toe-to-toe
against a menagerie of local tube
specialists who have forged their
careers courting Pipeline probably
does.
Last year there were no trials for
the Pipe Masters. This year however,
most of the top wildcard options
have been awarded to Hawaiians based
on the performances from the Volcom
Pipe Pro, Van’s Tripe Crown and
local contest ratings.
Of the varied crew of wildcards set
to take on the Pipe Masters this
year, you’d be hard-pressed to find
a more committed lot than Oahu’s
Jon-Jon Florence, Maui’s Ian Walsh,
all-time Pipeline favorite Bruce
Irons and Kauai’s Kamalei Alexander
and Danny Fuller.
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