2011 Final One World Rankings
1 Slater,Kelly USA
2 Parkinson,Joel AUS
3 Burrow,Taj AUS
4 Medina,Gabriel BRA
5 Wright,Owen AUS
6 De Souza,Adriano BRA
7 Wilson,Julian AUS
8 Smith,Jordy ZAF
9 Muniz,Alejo BRA
10 Bourez,Michel PYF
11 Kerr,Josh AUS
12 Hobgood,Damien USA
13 Florence,John John HAW
14 Fanning,Mick AUS
15 Flores,Jeremy FRA
16 Alves,Heitor BRA
17 Pupo,Miguel BRA
18 Buchan,Adrian AUS
19 Perrow,Kieren AUS
20 Durbidge,Bede AUS
21 Monteiro,Raoni BRA
22 Simpson,Brett USA
23 Melling,Adam AUS
24 Andino,Kolohe USA
25 Pires,Tiago PRT
26 Hobgood,C.J. USA
27 Andre,Jadson BRA
28 Wilkinson,Matt AUS
29 Gudauskas,Patrick USA
30 Payne,Dusty HAW
31 Logie,Travis ZAF
32 Knox,Taylor USA
33 Otton,Kai AUS
34 Patacchia,Fredrick HAW
35 Cardoso,Willian BRA
36 Davidson,Chris AUS
37 Camarao,Thiago BRA
38 Nicol,Yadin AUS
39 Mendes,Jesse BRA
40 Gudauskas,Tanner USA
41 Quinn,Jay NZL
42 Ross,Daniel AUS
43 Christie,Richard NZL
44 Faria,Junior BRA
45 Whitaker,Tom AUS
46 Atkinson,Dion AUS
47 Bettero,Hizunome BRA
48 Young,Nat USA
49 Lopez,Cory USA
50 Yeomans,Nathan USA

6 hours today!!!
Hawaii saiko!

i’ve been surfing the north shore for the past 25 years and the happiest day is always when the contest season is over. the pipeline masters waiting period was from dec. 8-20th. the ended up finishing it in the first 3 days of the waiting period which is the first in history. now that it’s done, the circus of professional traveling surfers and photographers will go back to their countries for the holiday season. it’s local time from now. my boards are ready, my cameras are ready, and i’m ready. my goal before the end of this year is to get a giant 8′ barrel at backdoor. i can’t wait!

pipeline is a wave that can make or break you. you get a good wave, you will be happy forever. you get a heavy wipeout, you will be traumatized forever. and if you think you can just paddle out there and catch a good wave, your mistaken. pipe is the hardest spot in the world to get a wave at. if you can get waves at pipe, you can get waves anywhere in the world.

backside means going down a wave with your back against the wave. grab rail means holding the rail of your surfboard so you can pull yourself up the face of the wave to position in the barrel. so in surfer terms, this guy is “grabbing rail backside.” the best way to get barreled at pipe!