Swellnet's exclusive flipbook captures all of the action, drama and highlights from the 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters. Photography by Matt Dunbar.

Duke needed no invitation. He stroked forcefully down the face of the wave, then slowly, deliberately, rose on one knee, sphinx-like, as he set course, then stood upright and proud atop the board, arms folded across his chest.

Drone footage of the crowds and chaos at Mavericks on the recent large December swell.

The 2015 elite Men’s Championship Tour will be contested by the WSL Top 34, made up of the top 22 finishers on 2014 CT season, the top 10 finishers on the 2014 Qualifying Series (QS) and two WSL wildcards.

A selection of frames from the Finals Day of the Pipeline Masters, courtesy Matt Dunbar.

Mavericks showed some fang over the weekend on the first real day of the 2014-2015 big-wave season.