looks like it should be good !

"PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Saturday, December 7, 2013) ??? The waiting period for the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons begins tomorrow, December 8, and with a promising swell pulsing into the North Shore, the world???s best surfers could take on the heavy Hawaiian barrel of Pipeline and Backdoor as early as tomorrow morning"

heres a link http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/billabongpipemasters2013/live

I hope you guys know its on now.

weiry said..

Bring it on

been some decent waves so far...the waves are getting better as time goes on

SandS said..

a young QLD bloke mitch crews got couple of real good ones

Did you see the interview with him? It was classic - he was so stoked to have qualified for the main tour next year. He made a cheesy quote full of emotion where he said something like "no one even knows who I am and now next year they will have to as I am in the top 32" It was a nice piece of roar emotion and excitement - the type you do not get too often anymore with all the media training that they do and then as a result give you nothing except the standard "we played well and were beaten by a better team on the day" or similar. Must admit I did not really know who he was I am sure the Queensland boys on here would though.

Ted the Kiwi said..

SandS said..

a young QLD bloke mitch crews got couple of real good ones

Did you see the interview with him? It was classic - he was so stoked to have qualified for the main tour next year. He made a cheesy quote full of emotion where he said something like "no one even knows who I am and now next year they will have to as I am in the top 32" It was a nice piece of roar emotion and excitement - the type you do not get too often anymore with all the media training that they do and then as a result give you nothing except the standard "we played well and were beaten by a better team on the day" or similar. Must admit I did not really know who he was I am sure the Queensland boys on here would though.

Mate he has been on fire for a few years and has worked his butt off to achieve his spot on tour,he rips and it was great to see him do well today.

Ted there is a new crop of QLD guy's about to hit the big time ( tour ) how was the guy from NSW's ripped also today and I have never heard of him surfed the house down at Pipe.

reply of today starts in 30 mins on fuel.

Its on the title could be decided in a couple of hours,Mick up against an Hawaiian wild card soon and if Mitch Crews beats KS.

KS and Crews on now

sh1t I think KS first wave could be a 10

Sean is my least favourite commentator......Luke is good though. Do we know who the So Sea team is for next year yet?

just watched today's highlights

the right is still going off !!!

KS is a freak !!! a couple of average waves and made them look good !!!

yes bigger swell coming , !!!!

Yes it would be but he is on song atm.

chrispy said..

SandS said..

just watched today's highlights

the right is still going off !!!

KS is a freak !!! a couple of average waves and made them look good !!!

yes bigger swell coming , !!!!

kelly is thriving..he just loves this shizz....is it un australian that i would be happy to see kelly win it

nah.......... , it would be good to see a middle age bloke win it ![ he is a spring chicken compared to me though] the guy would have to be the greatest by far !!

i,m really liking watching the technical tube riding at backdoor , a lot of those blokes are so bloody good at getting in and out of those barrels.

its almost magical !!!!!!

Sat morning their time Mac - so Sunday for us lot.

BRIEF OVERVIEW

A new and solid NW swell is currently developing for the weekend. If the storm stays on track through the next 24hrs or so, then we'll see building surf over Friday (primarily over the PM), topping out on Saturday the 14th with large surf at Pipe. Meanwhile, offshore SE wind is lining up to greet this swell.

THURSDAY 12th: Old/easing NNW swell.
SWELL/SURF: Biggest early with occasional sets around chest-head high. Gradual decline through the day.
WIND/WEATHER: Calm to light offshore ESE wind through the AM, likely staying offshore all day, but possible light seabreeze developing around mid-day and early afternoon. Partly to mostly cloudy skies.

FRIDAY 13th: Small early, biggest late. New NW swell building in, primarily over the PM.
SWELL/SURF: Old NNW energy dropping out, chest high or less in the morning. New NW swell builds in (mainly over the afternoon/night) with head high to overhead sets rising up before dark.
WIND/WEATHER: Calm to light offshore ESE wind through the AM, likely staying offshore all day, but possible light seabreeze developing around mid-day and early afternoon. Partly to mostly cloudy skies.

SATURDAY 14th: Solid NW swell lining up to peak in the early morning, holding strong all day.
SWELL/SURF: Solid NW swell offers double to triple overhead+ sets at Pipe (10-15'+ faces). Occasional 2nd reef roll-ins and possibly the occasional rogue wash throughs. Storm/swell still pending full development over the next 24hrs or so. Primarily Pipe, mostly closed out at Backdoor.
WIND/WEATHER: Calm to light offshore SE wind through the AM, possible light seabreeze developing in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy skies.

SUNDAY 15th: Fading NW gradually shifting NNW swell.
SWELL/SURF: Biggest early with plenty of overhead to double overhead+ waves (8-12'+ faces), occasional sets still getting up to triple overhead (14-15' faces). Swell/storm still pending full development over the next 24-36hrs.
WIND/WEATHER: Light/variable South-SW wind, possible light seabreeze in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy skies, good chance for rain showers.

Thoughts?????



DROPPING in on a lifetime Pipeline aficionado can lead to a fistful of respect being punched into the perpetrator on the sand.

But when Mick Fanning stole a wave from John John Florence at the Pipe Masters, raising his hand in apology before receiving an interference call that drastically changed his flight path towards the world title, bare-knuckle justice was replaced by enthusiastic debate about whether the incident was good luck, bad luck, dumb luck, careless, reckless, brilliant, a blessing, a curse, a calculated tactical move or a huge blunder by Australia's potential world champion.

Fanning was involved in a three-man, non-elimination heat in round four against America's Nat Young and Florence, the 21-year-old whippet who went to school across the road from Pipe and surfs the reef as though he never took a class in his life. Florence had the heat in the bag. Fanning was second. The winner would advance to the quarter-finals. The loser would enter the repechage of round five. Fanning was going to face Australia's Julian Wilson and Florence in the next two rounds. Danger, and then extreme danger. Wilson is the World No 6. If Pipe had rankings, Florence would be No 1.

But then came Fanning's blatant interference. He was docked points and fell behind Young in the heat. Instead of running into Wilson and Florence, he moved into a section of the draw inhabited by the less formidable duo of CJ Hobgood and Yadin Nicol. Fanning is assured of the world championship if he reaches the semi-finals. Back-to-back assignments against America's World No 10 and Australia's World No 32 hold greater appeal than stoushes against Wilson and especially Florence.

Intentional interference? Unintentional? The latter, according to Fanning. A blessing? A curse? The former. Hobgood is a threat in Big Pipe, and the forecast for Saturday is Big Pipe. Hobgood might normally be more formidable than Wilson, but has an injury niggle to an important part of a surfer's apparatus: leg. Avoiding Florence is manna from heat-sheet heaven. Fanning was in a no-nonsense mood after his loss. When he crossed paths with a bemused Florence in the competitors' area, he said: "Sorry, mate. I saw you paddle and look right on that one and thought you were going right."

Florence went left. So did Fanning. Immense implications. As Surfer magazine reported: "John John stood as the guy most likely to scupper Mick's title. If they'd both kept winning they'd have met in the quarters, meaning Mick would have to beat John John Florence at Pipeline to win the world title. Those are words no Australian wants to be hearing. But Mick changed his destiny in the dying throes of his heat. . Already beaten, he dropped in on John John on the last wave of the heat, scoring an interference and dropping from second to third.

"It seemed an act of frippery, a bird flipped to the universe with the heat already lost. But that drop-in might just be butterfly wings flapping in the Amazon.

"It meant that instead of surfing against Julian Wilson and John John - young, bristling, Pipe savvy, very ready for the Mick and Kelly era to end - standing between him and the world title, Mick now needs to beat an injured CJ Hobgood and a wide-eyed Yadin Nicol, who's into the quarters for the first time in his career."

The forecast for Saturday is 10-to-12-foot Pipe. Hobgood was born to surf 10-to-12-foot Pipe.

He used to stay at Gerry Lopez's house for months on end, learning from the master himself. You have to do your time out here, and Hobgood has done it for decades. But the injury reduces the threat.

"The best way to prepare yourself mentally is to remember how many years you've come here, put in your time and surfed the wave," Hobgood said.

"It's why I always wanted to compete and surf. I love the feeling of wondering what's going to happen when you take the drop."

Nicol is surfing for his career. He needs to win the event to stay on tour.

Ted the Kiwi said..
Thoughts?????

DROPPING in on a lifetime Pipeline aficionado can lead to a fistful of respect being punched into the perpetrator on the sand.

But when Mick Fanning stole a wave from John John Florence at the Pipe Masters, raising his hand in apology before receiving an interference call that drastically changed his flight path towards the world title, bare-knuckle justice was replaced by enthusiastic debate about whether the incident was good luck, bad luck, dumb luck, careless, reckless, brilliant, a blessing, a curse, a calculated tactical move or a huge blunder by Australia's potential world champion.

A calculated tactical move, for mine, Ted. They are too well drilled at that level to make what would otherwise be a rookie mistake.

Mac the next call is 7.30am their time and it's 11pm their time now, so that means, so that means... ahhhh... someone smart will tell us both.

62mac said..
haha wavelength QLD time please

They interview Mick about the dropin on the news tonight and he side stepped the question nicely,rattled on about weather he wins the tile or not he will still walk and feed his dog at home,life goes on,a sign of using his brain to help win the title I think.

I think 7.30am call their time is 3.30am our time. (i.e it's 7.31 as i type this and the Pipe Masters home pages says it's 11.30pm there... so four hours difference....) I think... but I am wrong a lot.