Banzai Pipeline , or just "Pipeline" or "Pipe," is a surf break located in Hawaii, from Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea at North Shore O'ahu. Coral reefs are areas in the oceans where the waves begin to crack after reaching the shallow reefs. The pipelines are famous for big waves crashing in shallow waters just above the sharp and vast reefs, forming large, hollow, and thick curls that surfers can trace. There are three corals in the Pipeline in the deeper water toward the active sea in accordance with the increasing size of approaching ocean waves.
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The name of the location complex combines the name of the surf waves (Pipeline) with the name of the beach facing it (Banzai Beach). It got its name in December 1961, when surfing producer legend Bruce Brown drove to the North with California Phil Edwards and Mike Diffenderfer. Bruce stopped at an unnamed spot to film Phil capture some waves. At that time, there was a construction project on the underground pipeline on nearby Kamehameha Highway, and Mike made a suggestion to name the breaking "Pipe Line". This name was first used in the movie Bruce Browns Surfing Hollow Days. It also lent his name to a 1963 hit by the Chantays surf music rocker.
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Specific of break
Reefs on Pipes are flat table reefs, with several caves on the inside, creating giant air bubbles that appear on the front of the waves as the waves bounce up just before breaking. There are also some jagged lava towers under water that can injure fallen surfers. Sand can accumulate in the reefs on the Pipeline, and it can cause "closing" waves (meaning empty tubes from collapsing waves at once and thus impossible to surf). Strong waves (wave surface wavelength formation) from the west clean the sand on the reef, and after that, strong north waves can generate the best waves.
There are four waves associated with the Pipe Line. The left (which means the wave breaks from left to right from the perspective of an observer on the beach) known as Pipeline (a.k.a. First Reef) is the most frequently surfed and photographed. When the reef is struck by the northern waves, its peak (the highest point of the wave where it begins to roll) becomes an A-frame wave, with Pipe closing slightly and peeling left, and the equally well-known Pipeline Backdoor is flung to the right at the same time. As the size at Pipe increases, more than 12 feet normally, the Second Reef outside (deeper into the deeper ocean waters) starts to break, with longer walls (unbroken faces of waves surpassed by surfers), and more many sizes. At the extreme size, an area called Third Reef even outside begins to break with giant waves.
The surfers
Many surfers and photographers have been killed in Pipe, including Jon Mozo and Tahitian Malik Joyeux, famous for their heavy load (brave surf) at Teahupo'o. Pipelines are often considered the most deadly waves in the world. The average wave is 9 feet (3 m), but can be larger. Many people died or were severely injured on the Pipeline rather than in other surfing spots.
The departure zone (the area where the surfer needs to catch the wave) in the small Pipeline, but a large number of surfer tends to gather there when it violates the big.
Among the many famous surfers to gain a reputation exploring the Pipeline are Butch Van Artsdalen, Jock Sutherland, Steven Ing, Gerry Lopez, Mike Stewart, Shaun Tomson, Mark Richards, Michael Ho, Simon Anderson, Jack Lindholm, Tom Carroll, Sunny Garcia, Kelly Slater Kainoa McGee, Danny Fuller, Jamie O'Brien, Rob Machado, Ben Elson, Tamayo Perry, Andy Irons, Milosky Sion, John John Florence, Jeff Hubbard, Spencer Skipper, Chanel Raymond, Marvin Foster, and Ronnie Burns.
The top surfing competition at this venue includes Masters Pipe (Board Surfing), Volcom Pipe Pro, IBA Pipeline Pro (Bodyboarding), and Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic.
Every winter, surfers can post videos to Surfline's Wave of the Winter competition. The coveted appreciation to surfers believed by the jury to show the most commitment and style as well as the weight factor in other things like how deep the surfer and how big the waves are. The judges are Gerry Lopez, Pancho Sullivan, Ross Williams, and Shawn Briley, all the respected surfers at Pipe. Award winning surfers include Kelly Slater, Reef Mcintosh, Mason Ho, and most recently, Koa Rothman.
Shaun Tomson, 1977 South African world champion Mark Richards, four-time world champion 1979-1982 from Australia, Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew, 1978 world champion from Australia and Peter Townend, 1976 world champion from Australia, earned a reputation for surfing abroad. -Wall and Backdoor when competitive surfing comes of age. Off-The-Wall, and Backdoor are "rights on the other side of Pipeline" - Randy Rarick, Director of Hawaiian Triple Crown of Surfing quoted from Bustin 'Down The Door .
Media
An episode of Season 6 (1974-1975) from Hawaii Five-O, named "The Banzai Pipeline", was filmed on the Pipeline.
The 2002 surfing film, Blue Crush, was filmed in Pipe.
The 2007 movie Pipeline shows events at this location.
Death on Pipe Line
- Joshua Nakata, local bodyboarder (March 16, 2008)
- Joaquin Velilla, Puerto Rico surfer (January 12, 2007)
- Malik Joyeux, surfer Tahitian (December 2, 2005)
- Jon Mozo, local surf photographer (9 February 2005)
- Moto Watanabe, Japanese surfers (January 19, 2004)
- Travis Mussleman, California surfer (March 20, 2000)
- Andy Chuda, California surfer (March 25, 1989)
References
- http://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20090223_A_brotherhood_afloat
External links
- The pipeline in BlooSee (satellite view, NOAA chart and surfing spot)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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