Vans, the original action sports brand and icon of creative exploration, is proud to present the Vans Pipe Masters event, December 8-20, 2023, on the North Shore of Oahu. The reimagined Vans Pipe Masters marks a new chapter for the iconic wave and contest. This year's specialty event will showcase 60 men and women surfers handpicked by Vans who represent the most exciting barrel riders and aerialists from around the world. The contest is a leaderboard style event with all competitors surfing in three rounds in search of their top three highest scored rides. The top four male and top four female surfers with the highest total scores will advance to the finals for a chance to win a portion of the $420k prize purse.
The young French competitor Tya Zebrowski lit up her first-ever Challenger Sereis event near home and posted an excellent 8.33 in the
South Africa's rising talent Luke Thompson showed he was up to the task at Ericeira and notched the event's first excellent score of an
Hawaii's growing contender Eweleiula Wong turned up the volume in her Round of 48 heat with a near-excellent 7.83 and stormed toward the
Another historic milestone for the sport of surfing is complete with Alice Lemoigne and Steven Sawyer claiming massive wins in the deserts
An all-French Final ensued between Alice Lemoigne and Zoe Grospiron with Lemoigne bringing her best to the bout and posting a 9.43 to push