Live: Pipeline 24/02/25

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Bnkref Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:06pm

Sick. Lots of action.

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Sprout Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:21pm

Pumping! Hawaii Pipeline BodyBoarding Championship waiting period starts tomorrow too.

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Island Bay Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:22pm

Perfect!

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Island Bay Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:26pm

Can you go right off the 2nd reef roll-in and kick out before things get hairy?

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stunet Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:38pm

Maybe, but not really. If the wave's big enough to break Second Reef it's too big for Backdoor.

That said, in his biography 'Bustin Down The Door', Rabbit ends the Hawaiian chapter of his life with a session on Pipe's outside reefs shared with Shaun Tomson. Rab rolls into a bomb then overcome with nostalgia at his old sparring partner joining him in the water, swings right into Backdoor, gets mercilessly flogged to the point that he rolls up the beach, then signs it off:

"And that, in all honesty, is the last great thing I ever did."

Worth reading the book for that moment alone.

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Island Bay Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 2:06pm

Haha, that's a great quote. Never read, must do.

But yeah, I'm obsessed with roll-ins. (Got one today into a nice backhand barrel.)

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Craig Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:27pm

Cooking.

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Craig Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:39pm

And fairly uncrowded.

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burleigh Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:49pm

This is much better than the other “live” surf comp from last week. It’s pumping

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Craig Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:50pm

Right!

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dawnperiscope Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 1:59pm

fark that guy just got pole axed

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Jono Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 2:06pm

This is insane

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dawnperiscope Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 2:07pm

old mate nearly makes the 2nd reef roll in of his life... nemo grabbed his leggy on the exit

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Craig Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 2:09pm

Fark, how's that 2nd reef one that guy fully backdoor'd and made, but then fell after the spit! Aghhhh.

Snap Dawny.

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dawnperiscope Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 3:24pm

Classic.
it was terrifying watching him pick his line with those slow pumps. After the booger pulled off the previous wave before it hit the inside, I thought he had no chance.. and then the magic happened! Not sure i've ever seen anything like that before.

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Island Bay Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 2:12pm

Cruel, aye

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Craig Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 2:12pm

Incredible light.

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Nick Bone Monday, 24 Feb 2025 at 2:12pm

Is this just cause?