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    Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters

    ASP WCT Mens Event 11
    Pipeline, Oahu Hawaii
    8 - 20 December 2006

    Live Coverage  |  Results/Photos/Videos etc

    Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters - A New Element Is Revealed for This Year’s Contest (Francais au dessous)

    Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 October, 2006 : - - From the 8th to the 20th of December 06, the 64 best surfers on the planet will be together on Pipeline beach in Hawaï. This year, 3 wildcards offered by Rip Curl and 16 locals who surf the famous Pipeline wave day in day out, will join the 45 pro-surfers of the WCT.

    Thanks to both the ASP and the surfers of the tour who have agreed with the new format, Rip Curl International will provide a unique challenge for the surfing elite in this year’s event. For the first time in the history of the Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters, the 2006 event will invite locals, the ones who surf these huge waves on a daily basis, to join in the contest and offer them the chance to become the Pipeline Master!

    Throughout the season the World’s top 45 sufers fight to take every point to reach fantastic surf destinations such as the Australian contest of Bells Beach, Hossegor (SW France), and of course the Rip Curl Pro Search WCT which took place ‘Somewhere in Mexico’.

    The Pipeline Masters is however the only event that has offered local surfers the opportunity to confront the professionals. Not only do the top 45 have to fight for the famous title of the WCT and for their re-qualification for the 2007 Tour, but they will also have to defy the best locals of the spot! More pressure, more stress, but above all, more challenging : a combination that will guarantee a dramatic contest!

    Official Pipeline Master, Hawaiian Andy Irons, will once again have to demonstrate Hawaiian control on this Pipeline wave. Will he be up to it............?

    Watch all the action live on ripcurl.com from the 8th December 06



    Un nouveau format pour l’édition 2006 qui promet du grand spectacle

    Du 8 au 20 décembre, seront rassemblés sur la plage de Pipeline à Hawaï, 64 des meilleurs surfeurs de la planète. Cette année, les 45 surfeurs du WCT seront rejoins par 3 wildcards offertes par Rip Curl, et 16 spécialistes de la fameuse vague de Pipeline.

    Grâce à l’ASP et à l’accord des surfeurs du tour, Rip Curl International a pu proposer un nouveau défi à l’élite du surf. Le changement de format du Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters 2006 permettra en effet aux locaux, ceux qui surfent jour après jour ces grosses vagues, de faire leur show… et de devenir peut-être le Pipeline Master !

    Durant toute la saison, le Top 45 mondial s’est battu pour remporter le moindre point sur des destinations-surf de rêve comme sur le contest australien de Bells Beach, celui d’Hossegor dans le sud-ouest de la France, et bien entendu, « Somewhere in Mexico » du Rip Curl Pro Search WCT. Epique.

    Mais aucune de ces étapes n’avait encore pu donner l’opportunité à autant de surfeurs locaux de se confronter aux professionnels. Seul Pipeline pouvait envisager un tel scénario ! En plus de se battre pour le titre le plus prestigieux du WCT, pour leur requalification sur le tour 2007, le Top 45 devra défier les meilleurs locaux du spot ! Encore plus de pression, de stress, mais surtout plus de challenge qui promettent du grand spectacle !

    L’hawaïen Andy Irons, Pipeline Master en titre, saura-t-il une fois de plus prouver la domination hawaïenne sur la vague de Pipeline ?

    Retrouvez toute l’action en live dès le 8 décembre sur le website.

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