Billabong Pipeline Masters

The Billabong Pipeline Masters is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1971, and has been sponsored by Billabong since 2007.[1]

Billabong Pipeline Masters
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event Billabong Pipeline Masters 2022
SportSurfing
CountryHawaii
Most recent
champion(s)
Australia Jack Robinson (men)
Hawaii Carissa Moore (women)
Most titlesUnited States Kelly Slater (men) (8)
Hawaii Moana Jones Wong (women) (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. The event is the final leg of the Triple Crown of Surfing and the final event on the WSL Championship Tour,[2] except in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic eliminated the 2020 calendar season, with the December Pipeline Masters serving as the opening event of a 2020–21 competition season. It also served as the opening event for the 2022 season[3]

Winners

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 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4]
2021 Hawaii John John Florence
2022 United States Kelly Slater (8) Hawaii Moana Jones Wong
2023 Australia Jack Robinson Hawaii Carissa Moore

References

  1. Hartford, Teresa (2007-01-04). "Billabong to Sponsor Pipeline Masters". SGB Media. Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  2. "2015 Men's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour". World Surf League. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. "Things you need to know about the 2021 WSL surfing season(...)". Olympic Channel. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  4. Minsberg, Talya (2020-07-17). "World Surf League Cancels 2020 Season and Revamps Future Tours". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
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