The second day of competition for the Gotcha Pipeline on the north shore of Oahu was completed in three to five foot surf with clean offshore conditions. Dominating both rounds were Hanalei’s Bruce Irons, who won last year, Kaua’i surfers
The second day of competition for the Gotcha Pipeline on the north shore of Oahu was completed in three to five foot surf with clean offshore conditions.
Dominating both rounds were Hanalei’s Bruce Irons, who won last year, Kaua’i surfers Evan Valiere and Braden Dias, and Hawaii locals Jaime O’Brien, Raymond Riechle, Johnny Boy Gomes, and David Cantrell.
All scoring rides were in the good to excellent range.
Future reports as the Gotcha persists will be provided in future issues of the Garden Island.
The day started out with a split peak and throughout the day, the “Backdoor” rights kept grinding out scores in the 8.0-9.5 range. Completed were the main round one and first eight heats of round two.
The Banzai Pipeline is known as one of the most intense surfing breaks in the world and wave heights range from four to fifteen feet.
A more westerly swell component makes for better left breaking rides and as the swell comes in from a more northwesterly direction, the waves start to break open the rights known as Backdoor.
Waves permitting, the event will continue on with completion of round two and main round three.
