Epic Surf News December 2014 Hello and Thank you for joining Pro Surf Blog for this Epic Surf News Update for December 2014. -Sunset beach pic by ASP/ Sloane 2014 -Dusty Payne at Sunset beach pic by ASP / Sloane 2014 I am gonna kick off the month on December 2nd with the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach, Oahu. This event went into the Round of 96 in double-over-head + waves. -Michel Bourez Image by ASP / Kelly Cetari 2014 And although we had the Hawaiian surfer Dusty Payne continue to find his way to the finals of this event, It was the Tahitian, Michel Bourez that won the Sunset Beach competition on December 5th. This is event is the 2nd event in the Triple Crown of Surfing. After a lazy-day with solid swell in the water, the Pipe Masters event got underway on December 9th, 2014. Location: Banzai Pipeline, Oahu's North Shore, Hawaii Holding period: December 8th - 20th, 2014 -Nic Lamb Victory Image: ASP/Poullenot 2014 Nothing but Pure Stoke coming from Nic Lamb after Bombing in on 30-40 foot waves and winning the Punta Galea Big Wave Challenge on December 11th, 2014. Then on the 13th, we posted the "ASP Pipe Masters Overlapping Heat Format". Woe, so my eyes glazed over when the intel started with "Article 120". The only thing I know is that I have some distant memory of The Hawaiians, Kelly Slater, and others coming up with a solution for Hawaiian competitions that was intended to minimize the amount of unridden waves. Good chance that I am incorrect about the history of this format but what I can say is that it is confusing for the viewer and creates some complications in the line up at a reef-point. So here is my 2-cents, scrap this format for a 4-man heat vs 2-overlapping 2-man-heats. The other options would be to allow 2-people per heat in more rounds, conceding that there will be some unridden waves. -Kelly Slater Drop In by ASP / Cestari 2014 But either way these rules DO NOT STOP Kelly Slater from dropping in like a beast. Slater who was injured and still ripping at the 2014 Pipe Masters was also in contention for the 2014 season title. PipeMasters Roster and Entrance Banner pics by George Suh 2014 By December 14th the competitor list was beginning to shrink. The swell was huge and unruly so the comp experienced some lazy-days. Meanwhile in Cali, Oside was showing a pulse as well. Check out a few moments of a surf check from December 15th, 2014 and then we will get back to the news. Swimmer Art by Halele'a and Kelly Keane 12/16/2014 With our focus on Hawaii, check this out. Halele'a's Art Gallery, in Koloa, Kauai, posted this awesome artistic perspective of a swimmer by Kelly Keane. We had to reshare for our surf-art fans. Then on the 19th of December, Gabriel Medina earned enough points to be crowned as the 2014 World Tour Season Champion. This happened during Medina's quarter-final heat at Pipe. The Brazilian Storm is Here and it looks like Gabriel Medina is at the Eye-of-the-Storm. And guess who's back? It Julian Wilson with the win at the PipeMasters also on December 19th, 2014 over the newly crowned Season Champion, Gabriel Medina. Not only did Julian Wilson win the Pipe Masters but he was also the overall winner of the Triple Crown. Pulses continued to hit the California Coast so we did another surf check at San Elijo State Beach on December 20th, 2014. Check out a minute of footage from that day and we will return to wrap up the last piece of news for December. And every great finish deserves an epic new beginning. An announcement on December 22nd by the World Surf league divulged the Roster for the 2015 WSL World Championship Tour! Check out the line up for next season and look out for "My Picks" in an upcoming video. Thanks for watching our December 2014 Surf News edition. Hope you had a good surfing year and hope you have an Epic 2015. Music by: Free Gift / Rusty & Pete 1994 Song Title: Wasting Recorded by Philip Dominguez Hosted by Philip Dominguez Produced by Trade Federation, inc. copyright all rights reserved 2014 Sources: ASP Broadcast 12/5/2014, 12/3/2014, 12/11/2014, 12/19/2014, 12/22/2014 Vans Triple Crown LIVE Webcast http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/billabongpipemasters2014/live Sunset beach pic by ASP/ Sloane 12/02/2014 Dusty Payne at Sunset beach pic by ASP/ Sloane 12/03/2014 Michel Bourez Image by ASP / Kelly Cetari 12/05/2014 Nic Lamb Victory Image: ASP/Poullenot 12/11/2014 Kelly Slater Drop In by ASP / Cestari 12/13/2014 PipeMasters Roster and Entrance Banner pic by George Suh 12/14/2014 Art by Halele'a and Kelly Keane 12/16/2014 Julian Wilson Trophy Image by Julian Wilson's Facebook page 12/20/2014 Oceanside Video by Phil Dominguez 12/15/2014 San Elijo Video by Phil Dominguez 12/20/2014 Produced by Trade Federation, Inc copyright all rights reserved 2014 Subscribe and stay up to date! http://www.prosurfblog.com Watch our 2014 Epic Surf News Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwZeQ0JjqBkyA7Q056RcnQzW0IB3FEcbo

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