The Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters is the surfing year's ultimate climax, pitching the world's best surfers at the top of their game against the world's most famous surfing spot - Hawaii's dangerous Banzai Pipeline.


The men's event is also the final jewel in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Series held in Hawaii, giving the Pipeline Masters the coveted title of being the most important event in surfing's two most coveted series titles. Pipeline, on the North Shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, is where world championships are won or lost in the most fearsome, perfect, awe-inspiring waves on the planet.