Kelly Slater – OUT injured That sneaky bastard managed to steal the first wave of the day at the super-hyped KSWC event, despite his 6-months-out-of-the-water foot injury. He’s still a chance for Pipe, but I wouldn’t expect to see him in Europe. Nat Young – IN as injury replacement We wrote that ‘Nat hasn’t … Read more
Congratulations are in order: Keanu Asing has taken a formidable list of more talented surfers (Medina, Florence, Slater, Buchan) and soundly beaten them through smart-if-somehwat-conservative competion surfing. It was, as he admitted himself, his first event win since his junior days (including a history of no outright wins during his QS days), so we can … Read more
There is no shortage of drama and action heading into this year’s Billabong Pipe Masters. They’ll be naming the Wildcards prior to the event on opening day, there’s roughly 7 million World Title scenarios that can unfold, we’re still stoked over the Pe’ahi Challenge …oh, and someone will be crowned the 2015 Pipe Masters Champion. There’s no need … Read more
Keanu Asing – HAW, R Rank: 28 Proj: 27 Keanu Asing has popped up in the CT before, once even at the Quiksilver Pro New York of all places. He’s been a constant threat in the QS, but … Read more