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The Opening Days

“The best is yet to come and babe, won’t it be fine?” Frank Sinatra’s famous melody rang through my ears this morning while rewatching John John and Joao Chianca’s R16 heat. It’s impossible to say, but I would not put money down that we’ll see better waves this year on tour than the opening 4 […]

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Welcome to the CT

Happy New Year. While the Pipe Pro is still 2 weeks or so away from kicking off this years CT, we’ve got 12 qualifiers from the Challenger Series. Let’s meet the newest crew to grace the WSL’s beloved Championship Tour.  We’ll start with some familiar faces. Zeke Lau – The big Hawaiian will be making […]

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What Happened At Haleiwa

The first day of the contest had the best looking waves. Aside from JJF’s obvious dominance out there, a few standouts were – Crosby Colapinto, Ian Gentil, Thiago Camaro, newly qualified Jake Marshall, Jacob Wilcox and Jack Robinson on the wave behind.  The next 2 days got big, unruly, and had a ton of water […]