{"id":26907,"date":"2011-12-08T07:37:44","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26907"},"modified":"2011-12-08T07:43:18","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:43:18","slug":"billabong-pipeline-masters-on-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=26907","title":{"rendered":"Billabong Pipeline Masters On Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Slater<\/a><\/p>\n

It may not be the year end title decider like it has been in the past, but the Billabong Pipe Masters In Memory of Andy Irons<\/a><\/strong> is going to blast off this morning at 10 AM PST (8 AM HST) in some bangingly overhead surf<\/a><\/strong>. Vans’ Doug Palladini<\/strong> has even taken to the Facebook airwaves to remind people:<\/p>\n

If you only watch two days of surfing online this year make them tomorrow [Thursday] and Friday. The Billabong Pipe Masters will start at 8AM Hawaiian time with a ginormous 10′-15′ NW swell. I just spoke with Randy Rarick<\/strong> as he watched a 10-foot bomb decimate the line-up. It’s on\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Matty Wilkinson and Marcus Hickman will kick of the event in Round 1 Heat 1. Other heats to look for include Bruce Irons<\/strong> in Heat 4, Dane Reynolds<\/strong> in Heat 8 and Kolohe Andino <\/strong>wildcarding it against Laurie Towner<\/strong> in Heat 9. Follow the jump for the today’s heat line-ups.Upcoming Billabong Pipe Masters Round 1 Match Ups:<\/strong>
\nHeat 1: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) vs. Marcus Hickman (HAW)
\nHeat 2: CJ Hobgood (USA) vs. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW)
\nHeat 3: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Evan Valiere (HAW)
\nHeat 4: Travis Logie (ZAF) vs. Bruce Irons (HAW)
\nHeat 5: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Ian Walsh (HAW)
\nHeat 6: Chris Davidson (AUS) vs. Kai Barger (HAW)
\nHeat 7: Daniel Ross (AUS) vs. Aamion Goodwin (HAW)
\nHeat 8: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Jamie O\u2019Brien (HAW)
\nHeat 9: Kolohe Andino (USA) vs. Laurie Towner (AUS)
\nHeat 10: Willian Cardoso (BRA) vs. Shane Dorian (HAW)
\nHeat 11: Tanner Gudauskas (USA) vs. Jack Freestone (AUS)
\nHeat 12: Mason Ho (HAW) vs. Hank Gaskell (HAW)<\/p>\n

Upcoming Billabong Pipe Masters Round 2 Match Ups:
\nHeat 1: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 2: Miguel Pupo (BRA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 3: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 4: John Florence (HAW) vs. TBD
\nHeat 5: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 6: Raoni Monteiro (BRA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 7: Brett Simpson (USA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 8: Adam Melling (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 9: Kieren Perrow (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 10: Dusty Payne (HAW) vs. TBD
\nHeat 11: Tiago Pires (PRT) vs. TBD
\nHeat 12: Jadson Andre (BRA) vs. TBD<\/p>\n

Upcoming Billabong Pipe Masters Round 3 Match Ups:
\nHeat 1: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 2: Alejo Muniz (BRA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 3: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 5: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 6: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 7: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. TBD
\nHeat 8: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. TBD
\nHeat 9: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 10: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. TBD
\nHeat 11: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. TBD
\nHeat 12: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. TBD<\/p>\n

VANS TRIPLE CROWN TOP 3 (Heading into Billabong Pipe Masters):
\n1. John John Florence (HAW) 9,780 pts
\n2. Adam Melling (AUS) 9,650 pts
\n3. Michel Bourez (PYF) 8,480 pts<\/p>\n

ASP WORLD TITLE TOP 5 (Heading into Billabong Pipe Masters):
\n1. Kelly Slater (USA) 63,350 pts
\n2. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 48,600 pts
\n3. Owen Wright (AUS) 47,900 pts
\n4. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 43,700 pts
\n5. Taj Burrow (AUS) 42,200 pts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It may not be the year end title decider like it has been in the past, but the Billabong Pipe Masters In Memory of Andy Irons is going to blast off this morning at 10 AM PST (8 AM HST) in some bangingly overhead surf. Vans’ Doug Palladini has even taken to the Facebook airwaves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26907"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26909,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26907\/revisions\/26909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}