Billabong Pipeline Masters

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 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]

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