Flo-bros dominate The Pipe!
Earlier today, John John Florence took his iron hard-on and blew the achey pressure in his balls into his fifth Pipeline crown.
The almost thirty-year-old two-time world champion with the impervious reputation adds the HIC Pipe Pro to last year’s Billabong Pipe Masters, and his three Volcom Pipe Pros, 2012, 2013 and 2015.
Florence took the last-minute win against fellow Hawaiian Barron Mamiya, little bro Ivan and Kainehe Hunt.
It was Ivan, twenty-five, who stunned the world, however, with a ten-point ride in the quarters.
If anyone’s surprised that Ivan, who is twenty-five and who looks like a roughed up Mason Ho, can shred, they shouldn’t be.
As middle-bro Nathan told BeachGrit a few years back, “Ivan has the sickest style. His style is way sicker me or John’s. He’s so smooth, like, Tom Curren.
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‘a roughed up Mason Ho’ . I liked that bit.
Sick have at it ey
and the the record you can stream straight from cameras now that would have been better then the water shot from the channel…
Ivanho(e)
Was Mark Zuck running water patrol on the back of Kai’s ski?
Where were the Brazilians?
Did Mason Ho get a wildcard entry?
What about Pinto? No Pinto?
The 10 point ride was interesting. I enjoyed the half arsed cutty into bog turn followed by the little hops to slowly fall over the back of the wave.
Should been scored higher I reckon
Serious question…will John leave Hawaii after Sunset?
Does he have to?
Clearly he’s back but does he want to be back traveling the Tour?
It might not be up to JJ to choose–It might be up to his sponsors to decide– they have to figure out the best way to exploit him to the masses (the ones that care), to attain full value from him for the big bucks they are paying him.
I thought he owns his business. Marine x?
Maybe– then he has to figure out the best way to exploit himself.
Last time I did that I got a public indecency charge.
Isn’t he technically his own sponsor, now?
Do we know what other investors he has in X?
Idk…something about comparing a Goofy foot to a Natural footed icon or vice versa just doesn’t sit well with me.
General comment on any viewing of Pipeline events, waves, or from surf movies – – why is it every surfer watching from shore has to yell “OH . MY . GOD. !!” like a sorority “valley girl” for everyone’s wave?
That’s usually the, ‘teenie bopper Surf star groupies’, making those noises.
Sam I expect a full review of Chas’s performance in the Nutcracker last night from you. He got as ripped as a death row inmate to prepare for it.
Yes C4, if I would have known about it, I think I might have delayed my departure to check it out, I spent quite a bit of my non-working time in Cardiff.
Never saw Chas at Cardiff Reef though.
And as luck would have it, I landed back home yesterday and am safe and happily at home with my wonderful family, and looking forward to some warm water waves.
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas!
You too Sam, merry Christmas!
You’ve never chucked an OMG at a wave? Watching vids it’s easy to be an armchair hellman, seeing heavy, fast, lurching barrels ridden well live is way more immersive, video makes everything look smaller/easier. That and I’m a pussy and can’t comprehend some of the lines these guys can take.
Ive done it without sounding like a nasally ditzy chick
How about that annoying woman at Chopes a while back, every wave was “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?” hope she was told to shut the fuck up.
Completely fucked that this wasn’t streamed.
totally fucked.
Absolutely fucken ridiculous.
Beyond Thunderdome Fucked!
Would have cost the WSL more to stream it than the paltry prize money handed out.
It’s cost them a lot of their core audience I’d suggest. Ballito was on simultaneously and that was shit.
That speaks to their mismanagement of what would bring in eyeballs relative to operating expense. They could set up a camera on a tri-pod connected to a twitch account and most of us on here would have been fine with that.
worst decision ever wsl is garbage…
Even though it wasn’t classic pipe the waves looked really good.
After the rubbish we endured last year it would have been a welcome relief. But no, they found a way to fuck us again.