Adriano has his diamond day winning the Pipe Masters and the World Title in riveting fashion.

In deferring to his deceased friend, Ricardo dos Santos, and also to his rival - "I thought Mick deserved it more than me" - Adriano's first interview as world champ was all class.

The best surfer ever takes on the current best free surfer and the current best competition surfer, who also happens to be going for a world title, in pumping Pipeline.

Best Masters heat ever..? It's up there.

A phenomenal day of the world’s best surfers battling heavy Pipeline has whittled the title contenders down to three and the Billabong Pipe Masters contenders down to nine, setting up an epic finish to the 2015 season tomorrow.

Seabass nails a perfect 10-pointer in his Round 3 heat taking off as deep as possible. It wasn't enough, however, and Seabass was bundled out of the comp and off the tour.

"I'm not the kinda guy that wins anything. Not a thing. I never win things!”

But you just won this trip?

“I know, and that's why it's gonna be unreal.”

Phil Jarratt interviews the "men of wood and foam", the guys who started Australia's surfboard industry in the back blocks of Brookvale.