Billabong Pipeline Masters

Billabong Pipeline Masters
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event Billabong Pipeline Masters 2022
SportSurfing
CountryHawaii
Most recent
champion(s)
Hawaii Barron Mamiya (men)
United States Caitlin Simmers (women)
Most titlesUnited States Kelly Slater (men) (8)
Hawaii Moana Jones Wong (women) (1)

The Pipe Pro is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1971 and has been sponsored by Yeti Coolers, who have a three year partnership in place, which began in 2023.[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. Until 2019, the event was the final leg of the Triple Crown of Surfing and the final event on the WSL Championship Tour.[2] Starting with the 2021 season (December 2020), the event is now the opening event of a 2020–21 competition season. In 2022, the event underwent major scheduling, naming, and invitation rules changes.[3][4]

  1. ^ Hernandez, Magda (2023-01-23). "YETI Becomes Official Drinkware & Cooler of the World Surf League". Shop-Eat-Surf. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  2. ^ "2015 Men's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour". World Surf League. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  3. ^ Rielly 2023.
  4. ^ "Things you need to know about the 2021 WSL surfing season(...)". Olympic Channel. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.