If you head north up the smooth Atlantic coastline from Lisbon you come to a little bump, a rocky peninsula jutting from the coast formed by a unique Toarcian turnover, which isn’t something you eat but the site of a “wave of extinctions that marked the end of the Pliensbachian stage and the start of the Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic period, c. 183 million years ago” according to Wikipedia. Yes, the whole place is … More
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Kelly Slater has conquered the Billabong Pipe Masters 2013, in a 10-15 foot big wave surfing day, at Banzai Pipeline. The Floridian defeated local favorite John John Florence.
Despite having lost the 2013 ASP World Tour title to Mick Fanning, Slater put out a stellar performance in the final heats of the Pipe Masters In Memory of Andy Irons. Perfect 10 wave included … More
Back-to-back come-from-behind wins earn the Australian his third ASP crown; Slater wins Pipeline Masters, while Florence takes Triple Crown in a historic day at Pipeline.
Mick Fanning had to put Kelly Slater out of his mind heading into the final day of competition at the Billabong Pipeline Masters on Oahu’s North Shore. In his quest for a third ASP world title Fanning was in control of his own destiny, needing only to advance through two more rounds of competition in order to clinch it.
If he could just do that it wouldn’t matter what Slater did. But if he failed to advance to the semifinals, and Slater won the event, something he’s done six times before, that would mean 12 titles for Slater … More