HONOLULU — The holding period for the HIC Pipeline Pro commenced yesterday at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of O‘ahu. This local, one-day event will see 60 of Hawai‘i’s top surfers turn out in an attempt to win one
HONOLULU — The holding period for the HIC Pipeline Pro commenced yesterday at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of O‘ahu. This local, one-day event will see 60 of Hawai‘i’s top surfers turn out in an attempt to win one of eight highly coveted slots into December’s Pipeline Masters. The Pipeline Masters is the world’s most prestigious professional surfing competition and is the final event of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series.
In all, there will be 16 trials spots open for the Pipeline Masters; eight will come from the HIC Pipeline Pro, six from a Surfer Peer Poll, one will be reserved for a Tahitian, and the final spot will go to a Triple Crown contender after the first two events of that series.
The results of the Surfer Peer Poll were announced Monday and the following surfers won berths: Reef
Macintosh, Kamalei Alexander, Danny Fuller, Marcus Hickman, Kalani Chapman and Jamie O’Brien.
There was no competition yesterday due to lack of surf. The holding period ends on Feb. 9.
