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Florence Gets His GOAT, Medina, and a Pipe Masters to Boot This is gonna be a good (and highly sanitary) year of competitive surfing. news // Dec 21, 2020 What better way to start the day than Jack Robbo v. Kelly Slater at Pipe? Jack, the young gun ready to mow down the Tour. Kelly, the Civil War-era musket that often misfires, but when focused properly, can still shoot with the best of ‘em. Despite being one of surfing’s greatest-ever talents, Slater has rarely relied on raw ability to get himself through heats. If you ...

Staff John John Florence might be a two-time World Champion and one of the most revered surfers at Pipeline, but until today, he had never won a Pipeline Masters. Of course, that’s all history. “It feels so good to win,” said Florence. “Especially from that heat, that was a really hard heat. I’m stoked to win against Gabe…I feel like competing against him is why I want to compete. Winning the Pipe Masters has been a dream of mine since I was a little kid. I’ve grown up watching this event. I’ve made a couple of finals and never quite got it. I’m super stoked. I don...

John John Florence wins 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters December 21, 2020 | Surfing John John Florence has taken out the 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii. The local surfer defeated Gabriel Medina in a tight final held in below-average conditions. Florence secured his first Pipe Masters trophy. The two-time world champions ended up separated by 0.67 points. "It's great to win the first event of the season at my home break, especially after the injuries I've gone through," expressed Florence. John John had never won the Pipe Masters. In 2013 and 2017...

 Yesterday, a few things happened that will never happen for the first time again: John John Florence won his first Pipe Masters and Tyler Wright won the first women’s CT event at Pipeline. Both are things that probably should have happened a long time ago, but hey, it’s 2020 and weirder things are happening. It was a shaky start to the WSL season — the Billabong Pipe Masters was put on a brief hiatus after a handful of staffers tested positive for Coronavirus and the Maui Pro at Honolua Bay was moved to Pipeline after a shark attack claimed the life of a surfer — but now that i...

Italo, the current World Champ, has been put on notice. Photo: Brent Bielmann/WSL This is what Sally Fitzgibbons looks like when she makes it. Photo by Brent Bielmann/WSL This is what Sally looks like when she doesn't make it. Still, she'll certainly take a semi-final finish. Photo: Keoki Saguibo/WSL John John in a place he knows well. Photo: Tony Heff/WSL A genuine show of emotion from the two-time champ who may be on his way to a third. Photo: Tony Heff/WSL ...