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From Flawless to Ridiculous – Volcom Pipe Pro 2016 Final Day

“Are you kidding me!” was the phrase of choice for the commentators on the final day of the Volcom Pipe Pro. After utter perfection the day before, Pipe and Backdoor were a little meaner and bigger on finals day, but there were some ridiculous performances from the likes of Jamie O’Brien, Bruce Irons, Makai McNamara and of course the winner, Kelly Slater. (All 4 made the final). Jamie’s one wave at Pipeline had Kelly quoted as saying it was the best Pipe wave he had ever seen. So sit back and watch the show…

Volcom Pipe Pro Official Results
Shown in order of 1st through 4th. Surfers from Hawaii unless otherwise noted.
1st – Kelly Slater (USA) $16,000 and 3000 pts
2nd – Jamie O’Brien (HAW) $10,000 and 2250 pts
3rd – Makai McNamara (HAW) $4,750 and 1680 pts
4th – Bruce Irons (HAW) $4,250 and 1580 pts

Todd Chesser Hard Charger Award – Bruce Irons

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Kelly Slater owns the Volcom Pro Fiji 2013 – Review & Video

Thats right, Kelly Slater owns the Volcom Pro Fiji. Yes he won it, but after 4 wins and absolutely destroying all comers in this year’s event, he is now officially the King of Cloudbreak. Surfing a teeny tiny Quad board again in large overhead waves of consequence, Kelly looked like a kid in a candy store, getting deep tubes, doing ridiculous turns and generally surfing like most humans would in 3ft beachbreak – I did mention it was heavy Cloudbreak…

Jordy Smith Surfed amazing the whole event and has definitely broken his South Pacific Hoodoo! He was one fo the favorites, but came up against John John Florence in the quarters and almost had him beat, until the wave Gods smiled on the Hawaiian and delivered a wave in the last 20 seconds of the Quarter. Joel Parkinson was back to his best and showing why he is World Champion and good bud, Mick Fanning went all the way to the final and 2nd place on tour, just to get schooled like everyone else by King Kelly. Kelly now sits atop the ratings once more, followed by Mick and Jordy. The stage is set for the Oakley Pro in bali starting next week and it promises to be one explosive event!

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2013 IBA Arica Chilean Challenge goes Loco!

We all know the wave at Arica is pretty dam mental, but what went down on the final day of competition at this year’s Challenge wa simply LOCO! Besides the massive tubes, the final day crew must have had something put in their drinks, as they pushed each other to pull bigger and bigger airs, inverts and giant spins. In the end Ben Player beat Dave Winchester in the final, but I think most will agree, Bodyboarding was the real winner here…

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Jordy Smith wins the Billabong Pro Rio 2013

Ok, I am a little late here, but I was deep in the desert with no internet. But even there the news that Jordy Smith had beaten Adriano in the Final reached my ears and there was much celebrating and drinking of beers around the fire! The result puts Jordy in 2nd place on the World Rankings, behind Adriano da Souza who holds on to first place barely. These two now sit ahead of Mick Fanning, Kelly Slater and Taj Burrows, who they both probably looked up to just a few short years ago.

The commentators, tweeters and even some of the judges were claiming Jordy from day 1 here and he simply followed the game plan, never looked ruffled and calmly took the winners cheque. There in lies, I think, the turning point for the big guy. CALM
The man was putting on a show for the spectators, enjoying himself immensely and it came through in his surfing. Now he just needs to take that calm through to Fiji and the thundering lefts of Cloudbreak. I have no doubt he can win this competition to, but we are going to have to wait and see…

It has been a sterling year for South African surfing thus far, I am am hoping and hedging my bets we may have a World Champion come December!