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

Pipeline Update

There's been so much action at Pipe these last couple of days. Dane Damus and Kalani Chapman went down, but lets not forget the good times that are still going. Reef has been surfing incredible as well as Nathan and John John. And now, it looks like Reef and Nathan will find themselves in a heat together coming up later today. John John's heat is coming up pretty soon, he will be going up against Rob Machado, Nils Schweizer and Mark Healey. Tune in to watch John shred circles around those guys.

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

Volcom Pipeline Pro

Broken boards, spitting barrels, helacious wipeouts, memorable rides - expect it all because Pipeline is awake today and the Volcom Pipeline Pro hits the start button at 8:30am. Waves peaked at over 20-foot Hawaiian scale in the wee hours of this-morning, washing across Kamehameha Highway and running up into beachfront properties. Wave face heights at select spots measured in excess of 40 feet. This-morning it is settling into a beautiful groove as the offshores return and waves are peaking from Pipeline's second reef. so click on over to their website and watch it live for free. What a deal! and it's all happening right now!

VOLCOM PIPELINE PRO

The deadliest wave in the world. The most coveted tube-ride on the planet.
Pipeline has been the ultimate proving ground of surfers for over half a century.
Pipeline perfection happens on only a handful of days each year, typically during late January into February. It has been a record season on Oahu's North Shore. Don't miss the first major event of 2010 and the last opportunity of the winter to watch 112 of the world's best surfers prove themselves at Pipe. The contest starts saturday!

$120,000 5-star ASP Hawaii Event
112 surfers from 13 nations.
Andy Irons - Bruce Irons - Rob Machado - Sunny Garcia - Clay Marzo - Dean Morrison - Gavin Beschen - Mark Healey - Reef McIntosh - Mark Mathews - Fred Patacchia - Dusty Payne - John John Florence - Shinpei Horiguchi

LIVE on the webat volcom.com/pipelinepro
LIVE on television: OceanicCable channel 250 & 1250 throughout Hawaii.
Finals broadcast LIVE on FUEL TVthroughout USA, Australia and Portugal.