Super big wave surfing at the 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro
Perfect 10-12 foot waves hit the 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii, from the same WNW swell of the last days.
There were three perfect 10-point rides: Balaram Stack, Dusty Payne and Dylan Graves. Other notable scores of the day included Bruce Irons with a 9.40 and a 8.07 – giving him the highest total combined heat score of the day at 17.47.
There were plenty of single wave high scores from Ian Walsh with an almost perfect 9.87, Gabe Kling with a 9.70, Carlos Munoz with a 9.27, Nate Yeomans with a 9.23 and Mason Ho with a 9.17.
Defending Volcom Pipe Pro champion, John Florence, scraped through today in a heat that could have been a final. Up against former Pipe champion Bruce Irons, Australian Anthony Walsh, and North Shore local Sean Moody, Florence had his work cut out. Florence made a last minute barrel to steal second place away from Walsh and advance.
Source: http://www.surfertoday.com/surfing/6867-super-big-wave-surfing-at-the-2012-volcom-pipe-pro
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