We took a ferry over to Oahu for a few days to see the Pipeline Masters. The first day it stormed so hard the whole island was flooded! We tried to come back to Maui early but all feeries were cancelled! We were so bummed because the Pipeline was cancelled for the day and the Polynesian Cultural Center was closed due to heavy rain. We couldn't even go shopping downtown! But the next day made it all worth it. We got up early to blue skies and the competition was back on! We picked the absolute perfect spot on the beach, right in front of where the surfers entered the water and right in front of the actual surf break. Everyone was sprawled out on about a quarter mile stretch of beach so our choice of seats was really lucky!
Kelly Slater was SO awesome! I can't believe that he still totally dominates after so many years! We LOVED watching him!
This is Chris Ward. He ended up 2nd in the competition and was awesome.
Two guys catching the same wave. All the surfers were amazing!
Kelly Slater getting ready for another heat.
Kelly catching another tube. He scored a perfect 10!
Kelly Slater and my boys! I was amazed that we could just walk up to him and ask for a picture. He was SO cool!We had to leave during the semis to catch our ferry back to Maui. Kelly ended up winning the competition and ending the year ranked #1! We are SO going back next year!
5 comments:
Dude, you forgot to mention how hot Kelly Slater is:) That looks like the coolest thing to do with little boys, how fun! It looks like you're having tons of fun. We're in the middle of a winter blizzard right now!
HOW FUN!! WOW. i love that those waves are so huge!
So cool for the boys to be there for that and have their picture taken with a Pro Surfer!
SO Sweet, especially since it is snowing right now.
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Cool! Hopefully we can go next year. I can't believe how close you guys were. Looks so fun! Can't wait to see you guys next week!
The whole time I was reading this post I was so wanting to be there with you guys. Watching Pipeline is sweet. We went last year two days before I had Bodie huge and prego, but it was still awesome. I'm glad it cleared up for you guys to enjoy some surf watching. Have fun!
how fun!!! That is so cool that you guys went to this, who gets the chance to do that!?! bummer about the rain on the first day but it seems you made up for it!
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