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"HAWAII DAILY NEWS FILE CABINET INDEX"
"Old News"

Tuesday 01/15/02 - 11:00pm

Surf's EPIC !!!

The Mike Stewart Pipeline Pro was on today with probably
the best Pipeline conditions of this Winter yet...

Perfect 8 to 12 feet West, Northwest swell with light to moderate tradewinds, sunny and
huge barrels.
Pipe showed today why it is the best and most beautiful wave in the whole world.
The contestants of the Pipeline Bodyboarding Pro contest were all stoke with the waves and
they showed the best of bodyboarding there could possibly be.
I will let the photos tell you the news today...

Andre Botha/SAFR

.Ben Holland/AUST
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Kelley Hunt/HI

Alistair Taylor/SAFR

Masanori Matsuda/JPN

Noishi Grady/HI

Brian Wise/USA

Everywhere looked awesome, even not rideable
OTW

Log Cabins had some good waves

Sunset in the morning was a bit too West, big and bumpy.
But, as everywhere else, it was epic in the afternoon.

Kammie's

Himalayas had some outer reef sets.
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Waimea had some 12+ feet sets

Surf is supposed to drop o tomorrow to 4 to 8 feet range with stronger tradewinds.
Finals start at 8:00am with 4th round of the main event:
Heat One
Paulo Barcellos
Damian King
Joe Jordanoff
Steve MacKenzie

Heat Two
Jeff Hubbard
David Perez
Dion Myers
Mitch Rawlins

Heat Three
Ryan Hardy
Tyson Williams
Troy Kneeves
Nicolas Capdeville

Heat Four
Rui Ferreira
Toby Player
Brett Lillyman
Brian Wise

Heat Five
Guilherme Tamega
Kainoa McGee
Naoshi Grady
Ben Holland

Heat Six
Spencer Skipper
Daniel Rocha
Alistair Taylor
Graham Miller

Heat Seven
Mike Stewart
Alberto Colucci
Andre Botha
David Winchester

Heat Eight
Andrew Lester
Ben Player
Jono Bruce
Beau Day

Tomorrow all the results and happenings of the final day of
The Mike Stewart Pipeline Pro
See ya !!!

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