Billabong Pipeline Masters

The Pipe Pro is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1971 and has been sponsored by Yeti Coolers, who have a three year partnership in place, which began in 2023.[1]

Billabong Pipeline Masters
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event Billabong Pipeline Masters 2022
SportSurfing
CountryHawaii
Most recent
champion(s)
Hawaii Barron Mamiya (men)
United States Caitlin Simmers (women)
Most titlesUnited States Kelly Slater (men) (8)
Hawaii Moana Jones Wong (women) (1)

The event attracts the top 34 surfers from The World Surf League (WSL) as well as 32 surfers who compete in walk-on trials. Until 2019, the event was the final leg of the Triple Crown of Surfing and the final event on the WSL Championship Tour.[2] Starting with the 2021 season (December 2020), the event is now the opening event of a 2020–21 competition season. In 2022, the event underwent major scheduling, naming, and invitation rules changes.[3][4]

Winners

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Year Men's Winner Women's Winner
1971   Jeff Hakman
1972   Gerry Lopez
1973   Gerry Lopez (2)
1974   Jeff Crawford
1975   Shaun Tomson
1976   Rory Russell
1977   Rory Russell (2)
1978   Larry Blair
1979   Larry Blair (2)
1980   Mark Richards
1981   Simon Anderson
1982   Michael Ho
1983   Dane Kealoha
1984   Joey Buran
1985   Mark Occhilupo
1986   Derek Ho
1987   Tom Carroll
1988   Robbie Page
1989   Gary Elkerton
1990   Tom Carroll (2)
1991   Tom Carroll (3)
1992   Kelly Slater
1993   Derek Ho (2)
1994   Kelly Slater (2)
1995   Kelly Slater (3)
1996   Kelly Slater (4)
1997   John Gomes
1998   Jake Paterson
1999   Kelly Slater (5)
2000   Rob Machado
2001   Bruce Irons
2002   Andy Irons
2003   Andy Irons (2)
2004   Jamie O'Brien
2005   Andy Irons (3)
2006   Andy Irons (4)
2007   Bede Durbidge
2008   Kelly Slater (6)
2009   Taj Burrow
2010   Jeremy Flores
2011   Kieren Perrow
2012   Joel Parkinson
2013   Kelly Slater (7)
2014   Julian Wilson
2015   Adriano de Souza
2016   Michel Bourez
2017   Jérémy Florès (2)
2018   Gabriel Medina
2019   Italo Ferreira
2020 [a]   John John Florence   Tyler Wright
2022 [b]   Kelly Slater (8)   Moana Jones Wong
2023 [c]   Jack Robinson   Carissa Moore
2024 [d]   Barron Mamiya   Caitlin Simmers

Notes

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  1. ^ Part of 2021 season, held in December 2020
  2. ^ Moved to January in 2022
  3. ^ January 2023
  4. ^ February 2024

References

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  1. ^ Hernandez, Magda (2023-01-23). "YETI Becomes Official Drinkware & Cooler of the World Surf League". Shop-Eat-Surf. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  2. ^ "2015 Men's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour". World Surf League. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ^ Rielly 2023.
  4. ^ "Things you need to know about the 2021 WSL surfing season(...)". Olympic Channel. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

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