Reef McIntosh Wins Big Wave Challenge’s Biggest Barrel!

Reef McIntosh claims victory in Evan Valiere’s North Shore Big Wave Challenge! Check out the monster cavern that earned him the win.

Reef and Kalani Take on Hawaii!

Reef McIntosh Wins Big Wave Challenge’s Biggest Barrel!

Reef McIntosh claims victory in Evan Valiere’s North Shore Big Wave Challenge! Check out the monster cavern that earned him the win.

Get to know: Reef Mcintosh

Take a look at Van's team rider Reef McIntosh's profile in Surfer Magazine's March issue. This North Shore charger recently competed in Volcom's Pipeline contest and will be traveling to more exotic locations looking for huge barrels.

Final Day of Pipeline

The finals of Volcom's Pipe Pro were held today. It kicked off with the first semi-final heat, in which John John Florence went up against Ian Walsh, Anthony Walsh and Jamie O'Brien. It just didn't come together for John today, however Jamie went on to win it in the end. There were plenty of exciting heats throughout the entire contest, you can check out photos and watch heats on demand plus other videos at volcompipelinepro.com

Today's Highlights from the Banzai Pipeline

It was a good day, we saw plenty of awesome action today, Reef advanced through dominating his heat with one of his patented late-drop-to-rail-grab-to-let-go-and-stand-straight-up-in-the-barrel deals to nail the highest wave score of the morning. “I was out there just like any other day, just trying to get a few good ones,” he said after his heat. John John prevailed as well, scoring high, and making it look easy. Kalani Chapman had the quote of the morning after dropping in on David Giddings, “I wasn’t gonna let him (Giddings) paddle around me and get away with it, this is my wave and I had to let him know that.” Amazingly, Kalani won the heat even with an interference that negated one of his scores. His luck would run out in his next heat, nevertheless, he still had the line…

Pipeline Pro: Day 2

Day two is going strong with solid 8-foot barrels at the Pipeline Pro! Nathan Fletcher, Reef Mcintosh, and John John florence all won their heats today, way to go guys! And there's so much more action to come, watch it live right HERE

BIg wave paddle session

Reef Mcintosh and Nathan Fletcher paddle into some bombs in Hawaii, and if this doesn't excite you, check this out

Reef Mcintosh prepping for Pipe

The surf looks like it's gonna make for a good season at the Triple Crown.  Lets hope it stays this way.  Here's Reef getting double the tube time at Pipe!