The North Shore's Shawn Briley is a Pipeline barrel-riding legend. Briley, or "Briles" as friends call him, is notorious for going all-in at huge Pipeline, or anywhere he surfed, in the '90s. He's known for his fully committed approach when surfing the world's heaviest waves and his show-up .
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2019 was a career-defining year for Billy Kemper, with back to back trips to Tahiti and Indonesia, a big-wave win at Puerto Escondido, an outstanding performance in the Vans Triple Crown, a dominating win at the Pipe Trials and a fourth Big Wave event win at Jaws, Kemper was riding an incredible wave of momentum.
The upward trajectory continued into 2020 with a win at the Sunset Open, as well as one of the biggest barrels ever ridden at Jaws.
Then Kemper and friends Luke Davis and Koa Smith decided to make a move and chase a one-in-a-lifetime swell across two oceans to the shores of Northern Africa.