With so much recent focus on what is easily the world’s most celebrated wave, it’s worth taking a few minutes to relive the history behind it. Mark Cunningham has a unique perspective on Pipeline as a retired North Shore lifeguard and the GOAT of bodysurfing, having spent a lifetime in study of the wave that he shares in this new series from Billabong. Follow along as he gives viewers a few snapshots of those who have brought something new to the Pipeline conversation, starting with Phil Edwards, the first to truly surf the wave. It’s well worth watching the series in full, but since the YouTube playlist is out of order you’ll have to act as your own projectionist to keep the order straight.
While you’re at it, check out the four-part companion series narrated by the North Shore’s very own Coco Ho that focuses on the women who have, and are, changing what the lineup at Pipeline looks like, and get some insight into the long journey to get to the very first women’s Pipeline event that went down last week.
