Form Guide Day 2 of Volcom Pipe Pro Pumps in 6-8 foot Pipeline

In: Form Guide Press Release 1 Comments Mon 30th Jan '12

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NORTH SHORE, Oahu - (Jan. 29, 2012) - The second day of competition kicked off this morning in classic 6-8 foot Pipeline with offshore trade winds to make for some spectacular surfing as we ran a full day of competition.

California's Chris Ward stole the show in heat 10 of the round of 96, making two deep Backdoor barrels for the highest combined heat score of 19.00 out of a perfect 20. Ward had the three other competitors combo'd and then managed to pull into a long left-hander at Pipe and ended the heat throwing away his third 9.0 ride.

Above: Chris Ward (CA). Pulling into one of his three nine-point rides in his round of 96 heat. Photo: Carey.

The highest single wave of the day belonged to Costa Rica's Carlos Munoz, scoring the only perfect 10 of the event so far. He earned himself an extra $1,000 bonus in cash from Electric's "Perfect 10 Award". Other standout rides included Koa Smith (Kauai) with a 9.73, Gabriel Villaran (Peru) with a 9.0, and Koa Rothman (Oahu) with a 8.93.

The east coast competitors put on a great showing today as well, with Nils Schweizer, and Balaram Stack both winning their heats in the round of 96 and Brett Barley advancing to the round of 96 even after getting an interference. Other notable performances were Australian brothers Anthony and Stephen Walsh surfing in the same heat together and both advancing through to the round of 64.

There were some local Pipeline heavy hitters that unfortunately did not make their heats: Dave Wassel, Makua Rothman, Sunny Garcia, Kawai Lindo and Danny Fuller all fell just short of advancing to the next round.

Surfline.com, the official forecaster of the 2012 Volcom Pipe Pro is predicting the surf will be massive on Monday and Tuesday, so make sure you check back at 7:30 am tomorrow for the official call.

Watch heat recaps at www.volcompipepro.com

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