The Billabong Pipeline Masters contest will be held on December 8 - 20

A LIVE webcast will be shown during the entire event.

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The Billabong Pipeline Masters

Year in year out, the Billabong Pipe Masters, the crown jewel of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, is the most anticipated surf event in the world. Marking its 39th year, the world’s longest-running professional surf contest, returns to the North Shore’s infamous Banzai Pipeline for yet another year of harrowing acts and reckless bravado.

After stops in South Africa, Tahiti, and Spain, the Billabong Pipeline Masters concludes a yearlong series of Billabong-sponsored ASP World Tour men’s events, and sees both the crowing of the 2009 World Champion and the 2009 Triple Crown Champion.

“Coming to Hawaii, and proving yourself on the North Shore, it’s what every surfer dreams of, and the Pipe Masters is the center of it all,” explained Joel Parkinson, after winning the Triple Crown in ’08. “When I was a kid I never thought I’d be a Triple Crown Champion, it’s right up there with winning a world title, but to accomplish something like this means a lot. It means a lot to any surfer’s career. It’s the pinnacle.”

Not only is there $340,000 in prize money and valuable ASP World Tour ratings points on the line, but winning the Billabong Pipeline Masters is unarguably one of the most prestigious achievements in the sport of surfing.

“To win at Pipeline, there’s nothing like it, it says everything about who you are as a surfer,” says former Pipeline Master Jamie O’Brien.

For decades now Billabong has had a longstanding relationship with Hawaii and the North Shore community. During the ‘80s, in the early days of the pro tour, the emerging surf company launched the Billabong Pro, setting numerous benchmarks in the process. Prize money was lifted to previously unheard of levels, and a mobile venue was utilized between Sunset and Waimea Bay, which led to the event being held in the largest surf ever seen in ASP competition history.