Opening Day At Banzai Pipeline

Mike Stewart on a second reef bomb...which is typical of the world's best boogie. Photo: photobrent

Dean Morrison rolls in on an afternoon beauty. Photo: photobrent

Aussie tube tamer Kai Otton. Photo: photobrent

Maya Gabeira playing with the boys at Pipeline. Photo: Bielmann/SPL

Reef McIntosh hides out from the Pipeline surfarazzi. Photo: Bielmann/SPL

Dusty Payne on one of the few rights ridden at Backdoor. Photo: Bielmann/SPL

Aussie import Anthony Walsh takes the casual route through the bowl at Pipeline. Photo: Bielmann/SPL

The rarely seen Pipeline board transfer didn't quite work out for this fella... Photo: Bielmann/SPL

John Florence signs off on the first swell of the season at the Banzai Pipeline. Photo: photobrent