Kelly Slater takes on Joan Duru in Round of 32, Heat 8 at the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters
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Watch Kelly Slater ride a Perfect 10-point wave at Banzai Pipeline, during his Round of 32 heat of the 2019 Billabong Pipe Masters.
Eleven-time world champion and seven-time Billabong Pipe Master Kelly Slater earned a Perfect 10-point ride for an unthinkable right-handed Backdoor barrel that he deemed the best in years.
Hawaii’s Billy Kemper and Imaikalani deVault earned first and second place, respectively, at the 2019 Pipe Invitational to clinch wildcard spots into the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons.
2019 will mark Kemper’s second appearance in the Billabong Pipe Masters, his first being in 2012, where he was defeated by 11-time world champion and seven-time Pipe Master Kelly Slater in Round 3.
He went against an all-Hawaii final that included runner-up deVault, Keanu Asing, and Koa Smith and put on a powerful performance that included a 7.67 in the final for a set wave at Backdoor and a 5.50 for a technical, late drop into a Pipe barrel that he wrangled to remain on his feet.
“This is everything I worked for, I got to thank Kahea Hart for getting me ready for this kind of stuff,” said Kemper following the final.
Australia’s Jack Robinson finds some incredible barrels at Sunset, becoming the 2019 Vans World Cup of Surfing Champion. Check out the final day’s highlights!
Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is going down on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, November 13 – December 20.