Hawaii's five-time world surfing champ Carissa Moore has been putting in some tube time lately. She competed in the 2023 Vans Pipe Masters and finished in third place. Last week, she surfed in Da Hui's Backdoor Shootout on team "A New Earth Project" with Koa Smith, Shayden Pacarro, Matahi .
Hawaii just got hit by the second huge swell of the season, aptly named the Black Friday Swell. On Oahu's North Shore, guys like Koa Rothman, Koa Smith, Nathan Florence, and Eli Olson surfed–and survived–the outer reefs and Waimea Bay. Over on Maui, Kai Lenny went mental at Jaws .
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It looks like Nathan Florence and Koa Rothman both had a pretty epic summer. The North Shore natives were away from home for most of it, chasing endless swells around the world to places like Skeleton Bay, Australia, Fiji, and Indonesia. Now they're back home on the "Nate and Koa .