Friday 12/12/03

6 to 8 feet surf with awesome conditions !!

Good waves for the first day of the Xbox Gerry Lopez Pipeline Master,
final event of the Triple Crown of Surfing and last event of the ASP world tour.
6 to 8 feet Northwest swell, light tradewinds and pretty sunny day.

Good surfers + good barrels = awesome contest.
Pipeline is definitely the best place to have a surf contest.

Mark Hickman

Highlights of the day go to:
- the hawaiians took the nine wild cards of the trials to the main event:
 Marcus Hickman, Bruce Irons, Fred Patacchia, Jamie O'Brien,
Pancho Sullivan, Derek Ho, Kalani Chapman, Brian Pacheco and Jonah Morgan.
Best performances:
Bruce Irons, 2001 Pipeline champion,
with the best score of the day scoring 17.60 with two waves counting out of 20 possible and
Marcus Hickman with a 10 point wave after advanced the trials with the ninth slot,
advanced the first round of the main event in first place with the best wave of the day.
On Maui, in the final event of the ASP Women's World Championship Tour, the Billabong Pro,
Australian Layne Beachley won her sixth consecutive world title after Keala Kennelly, Hawaii
was eliminated in the semi-finals.
More info to come...
Surf should continuous good through tomorrow with
a new Northwest swell expected to start to build tonight.
Another swell is expected  by Tuesday and Wednesday.
Check back for full coverage and photos of the ASP world tour rantings final event and
all the Pipeline Master happenings and results.
For more information check it out as well at:
www.triplecrownofsurfing.com

Braden Dias

Bruce Irons

Derek Ho

Jamie O'Brien

Jake Paterson, 2003 Rip Curl Pro champion

1976 world champion Peter Towned

Much more to come with the second day of competition !!!
See you out there.

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TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING RESULTS:

TRIPLE CROWN OF SURFING SCHEDULE:

The 21st Annual Triple Crown of Surfing officially started
November 12th through December 20th.
The first event was the VANS Hawaiian Pro and Roxy Pro at Haleiwa Ali'i Beach Park,
its waiting period was from November 12th through 23th.
The Rip Curl Pro at Sunset Beach's, second event,
waiting period was from November 24th through December 7th.
The Xbox Pipeline Masters is the world's longest running event (33 years),
most prestigious pro surfing competition in the world
and the finale of the $750,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.
Its waiting period goes from December 8th until the 20th.

EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE EVENT:

The opening ceremony for the QUICKSILVER IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE EVENT
 was December 4, 2003 at Waimea Bay beach park.
The holding period goes from December 5, 2003 to February 28, 2004.
The event will be held on one day when surf measures at least 20 feet (40 foot faces).
INVITEES, in alphabetical order:
Clyde Aikau (Hawaii), Tom Carroll(Australia),
Ross Clarke-Jones(Australia), Shane Dorian(Hawaii), Keone Downing(Hawaii), Johnny Boy Gomes (Hawaii),
Laird Hamilton(Hawaii), Mark Healy(Hawaii), Michael Ho(Hawaii), Bruce Irons(Hawaii),
Andy Irons(Hawaii), Noah Johnson(Hawaii), Brian Keaulana(Hawaii), Rusty Keaulana(Hawaii),
Brock Little(Hawaii), Peter Mel(California), Myles Padaca(Hawaii), Paul Paterson(Australia),
Tony Ray(Australia), Makua Rothman(Hawaii), Kelly Slater(Florida), Jamie Sterling(Hawaii),
Darryl "Flea" Virostko(California), Ross Williams(Hawaii).
ALTERNATES:
Zane Aikau, Titus Kinimaka, Tony Moniz, Pancho Sullivan, Sunny Garcia,
Braden Dias, Keone Watson, Jamie O'Brien, Arnold Dowling, Carlos Burle,
Mike Parsons, Cheyne Horan, Taylor Knox, Darrick Doerner, Chava Greenley,
Vetea David, Derek Ho, Elijah Young, Eric Haas, Kala Alexander, Kalani Chapman,
Chris Malloy, Dennis Pang, Clark Abbey.
HONORARY INVITEES:
Mark Foo, Todd Chesser and Jay Moriarity.

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HAWAIIAN THOUGHTS:

"The climatological average based on 1968-2002
for the first double overhead swell on North Shores for the new season is September 17th (+/- 9 days).
For high surf levels (15 feet face), the average is September 29th (+/- 12 days).
The first Waimea day (25+ face) averages to November 11th (+/- 28 days)(Pat Caldwell)."

"No matter how we choose to go into the water,
whether it is surfing big waves, surfing small waves, sailing, canoeing or swimming.
It is important that we can enjoy ourselves and find peace(Clyde Aikau)."
 

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