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JJF packs one of the biggest caverns from Super Swell Saturday and not where you d suspect
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The first thing we thought when we saw this was, “Wait, is there any rule that states that the Wave of the Winter must go down at Pipeline, Backdoor or Off-the-Wall?” Because this weekend, John John Florence threw a completely different wrench in the works at an Oahu outer reef.
And wouldn’t that just be the perfect ending to what’s looking more and more like a perfect winter for the two-time World Champ? Over the past couple months John’s spent his time freesurfing with his brothers and closest friends all over the North Shore, throwing his hat in the ring early at Pipe for the 2020-21 O’Neill Wave of the Winter, dropping bangers in the (virtual) Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, and… oh yeah, winning his first-ever Billabong Pipe Masters.
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Mark Healey spends an inordinate amount of time chasing big waves. He’s logged more time surfing waves of serious consequence than almost anyone else. Remember THAT Puerto wave? Or THAT Pipeline wave? Yeah, he’s logged time on huge waves. He’s calculated about his surfing, though as one must be to last in his business so when the swell that would eventually turn into one of the biggest and best weekends Hawaii has ever seen popped up on the horizon, Healey didn’t just throw himself headlong into it. He’s spent his life preparing for moments like these, and that’s why he’s able to score harder than pretty much anyone else on earth.