Pipeline delivered some solid surf on the last day of the Vans Pipe Masters. Hawaii's John John Florence and Moana Jones Wong took home first-place trophies. The contest ran heats of four surfers who had three rounds to get their three best scores before moving to the finals to compete for .
John John Florence turned 31 on October 18. Pipeline gifted him huge barrels and an uncrowded session on the big day. Even better, he surfed with his brother, Nathan, who said the "near empty" lineup was thanks to Pipeline's "huge and unruly" conditions. The same day, Florence and his .
Last week Kai Lenny was right where he belongs—in the jaws of Jaws—as the first huge swell of the season unleashed in Hawaii. Over the summer, Lenny surfed head-high SoCal, boosted huge barrel roles at Cloudbreak, caught fish with his bare hands (sort of), and worked as a hometown hero. .
Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch is, by pure optics, the most perfect wave in California. Maybe even the world. Again, it takes that honor, due to its sheer purity, its unblemished barrels unfurling in glassy water, the same, cyclical sections on demand. It may not be the everyone’s “favorite” wave in .