good evening. i tripped out when i found out the contest was on because i knew the waves were flat. i drove out to the north shore anyway so i stopped by pipeline. the were running the contest at off-the-wall and the waves were small. head high sets and windy and junky. this got to be the worst pipe masters ever. i actually felt sorry for the competitors. but if you want to become a competitive surfer, you got to be able to surf any size and any condition. today was a perfect example…
this was the conditions today. like i said, small and windy…. andy irons, bruce irons, kelly slater, mick fanning, and other top 10 surfers lost early….
the man of the day was australia’s bede durbidge. bede was ripping every heat and surfed every wave perfectly. he is the 2007 off-the-wall master and he also won the triple crown title. congrats…
no, this was not today. this was last years pipe masters. the waves have been so junk that i forgot how pipeline looked so i went back and found this photo i took at last years contest. will it ever get this good in 2007? with only a couple of weeks left and no swells forecasted, it’s looking grim….
future pipeline competitors? i hope so….
**and just wanted to say thanks to keone watson and rainos hayes from billabong. i went to the billabong house for lunch today and found my friend craig sako in the kitchen making the best grinds. craig is the chef at the 5 star restaurant in the halekulani hotel named “orchids”. the food he made was awesome. poke, steak, garlic fish, fried rice, and some other killer dishes. i ate 2 huge plates that made me feel like kalua….[:??$B”y(B???:][:??$B”y(B???:] thanks craig…..
