All eyes were on Pipe when the contest started, and it was amazing to see it go off a few days ago. However, the lay days in between were just as exciting. There’s no shortage of beauty of the North Shore right now.
North Shore Vision: Pipe and Beyond
The 2014 Billabong Pipe Masters. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Reef Mcintosh, sliding into a Backdoor bomb. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Sunshine. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Michel Bourez, navigating Pipe while I navigate the crowd. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Reef Mcintosh, winning the final heat of the Pipe trials. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Kelly Slater on an early morning bomb. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Jack Robinson, pulling into a nice one. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
A friendly North Shore local checking me out. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Offshore beauty. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Jamming with Lee-Ann Curren, Steph & Whitney Gilmore. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Steph Gilmore, great on a surfboard and on the guitar. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
AFL with the Rip Curl crew. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Sunset on the North Shore. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Last light. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
No worries. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Groms rushing to grab broken boards. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Massive Pipeline. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Photo: Dan Lemaitre
Morning coffee. Photo: Dan Lemaitre
