ASP World Title heats up at Billabong Pipe Masters
The 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters resumed today in six foot barrels and there was no shortage of drama in the ASP World Title race between Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater.
The 2013 Billabong Pipe Masters resumed today in six foot barrels and there was no shortage of drama in the ASP World Title race between Mick Fanning and Kelly Slater.
Filmmaker Tim Bonython trains his lens at one Sydney's heaviest ledges during a recent south swell. There's snapped boards, blown takeoffs and failed rock jumps - it's carnage a'plenty.
Somewhere on a lttle-trodden stretch of the east coast photographer Jordan Barta and surfers Josh Ku and Troy Van Vliet try to make sense of a triple-sucking, backless beast of a wave.
Somewhere on a lttle-trodden stretch of the east coast photographer Jordan Barta and surfers Josh Ku and Troy Van Vliet try to make sense of a triple-sucking, backless beast of a wave.
After a quiet word with Kelly Slater the name Bocas del Toro - Spanish for the mouth of the bull - was thrown about. So, fresh after escaping the horns of the bull in Pamplona, Mick Fanning ran straight into its mouth.
After a quiet word with Kelly Slater the name Bocas del Toro - Spanish for the mouth of the bull - was thrown about. So, fresh after escaping the horns of the bull in Pamplona, Mick Fanning ran straight into its mouth.
A six-to-eight foot north-west swell kicked off competition on the first day of the Pipe Masters.
The opening day of the Billabong Pipe Masters commenced today in firing six-to-eight foot waves and the world’s best surfers put on an incredible display of technical barrel riding at Pipeline and Backdoor.
The first day of the Pipe Masters hummed along just swimmingly - coupla barrels here, coupla barrels there - as Pipe and Backdoor put on their friendly faces. Any drama came from the qualification shuffle as surfers fought for the last few places on next year's tour.
The first day of the Pipe Masters hummed along just swimmingly - coupla barrels here, coupla barrels there - as Pipe and Backdoor put on their friendly faces. Any drama came from the qualification shuffle as surfers fought for the last few places on next year's tour.
The weekend's swell on the East Coast was one to keep the working man happy; it hit Friday, built Saturday to an overnight peak, then tapered slowly on Sunday.
The weekend's swell on the East Coast was one to keep the working man happy; it hit Friday, built Saturday to an overnight peak, then tapered slowly on Sunday.