children’s stories
The 2010 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing
from the 2010 triple crown of surfing
And Other Children’s Stories p h oto: ji mmicane
Gather round, boys For there are tales
and girls! to tell...
Tales
o f b oa r d a n d b a r r e l !
Tales
of fortune and fame!
Tales
of flat spells and rain squalls!
Tales
of triumph and shame!
There
a r e f l oa t e r s a n d t u r n s , h a s s l e s a n d b u r n s ,
n e r v e s a n d co n c e r n s
There’s Jeremy’s and
Pipe
Though
—
there are claims!
win, and aerial spins,
living up to its name! w e co m e e v e r y y e a r , a s a l w a y s i t ’ s c l e a r
that the stories are never the same. photo: jimmicane
We
start at the beginning.
Once
u p o n a t i m e , o n a n i s l a n d n o t s o v e r y f a r f r o m h e r e ...
Chapter
1
haleiwa
OFF T O NEV ER NE V ER LAND & OTHER TA LES FR OM THE REEF HA W AII AN PRO
Chap
2
sunset
WHERE T T HINGS . .
& O THER FRO M THE O ’ NEILL
pter
2
b e ac h
THE WILD .. AREN ’T
THER TA LES NEILL WORLD CUP
Chapter
3
banzai
pipeline
HOW THE FRENC H ST OLE CHRIST MAS & O THER TA LES FRO M THE BILL A B O NG PIPELINE MA STERS
Off
to
Never Never Land
& Other Tales
from the
Reef Hawaiian Pro
C hapte r
1
haleiwa
a l l p h o t o s B Y r aya n f o l e y
S e co n d
star to the right, and straight on till morning.
Haleiwa.
WHY , IT ’ S PETER PAN
& T IN KERBELL ! The
ageless
S u n n y G ., 6 x Vans Triple Crown
champ,
n o w co m p e t i n g i n the
Clash
of the
L e g e n d s . (A n d Lily.)
AND T HE LOS
O cc y ( 4 4 )
Reef Hawaiian Pro Clash
of the
Legends
Carrol
p i t t e d f o u r s u r f i co n s a g a i n s t e ac h o t h e r f o r t h r e e r o u n d s o f
LOS T BOYS !
ll
(48)
swordplay.
C u r r e n (46)
Still
blowin’ up, never growin’ up.
. . . o r m a ybe Capt ain “I
thought it was going to be
a mellow thing, but that first heat w o k e m e u p t o t h e f ac t t h a t t h o s e guys were hungry and they still want to win, so it was anything goes.”
Sunny
at
—Sunny Garcia
Haleiwa? We
know how this story ends.
HOOK?
T ALE AS OLD AS TIME
PARKINSON CRUSOE S h i p w r e ck e d ! I n J u l y , J o e l ’ s Castaway! He Rescue! Joel’s
s u r f v e s s e l ca p s i z e d i n a
S n a p p e r R oc k s
w a s s t r a n d e d o n a d e s e r t e d co u c h a n d f o r g o t t e n a s season needed to be saved.
FIRST HEA T:
The Reef Hawaiian Pro
W a v e #1: 10.00
tube, the rudder nearly severing his heel.
Kelly Slater
sailed to a
was his chance.
W a v e #4: 9.87
10th
world title.
“I think I can, I think I can...”
20,000 L e a g u e s U n d e r Unsponsored
and rated well outside the
Hawaiians Hank Gaskell (here)
the
‘CT
A SP T o p 1 0 0 ,
and
Ola Eleogram (next
spread) pin their hopes on the annual
Triple Crown. These
golden jerseys may as well be golden tickets.
SNOW WHIT E AND T HE SE VEN PROS L
to
R: M a k u a k a i R o t h m a n , P a n c h o S u l l i v a n , O l a E l e o g r a m , M o n y ca B y r n e -W i c k e y ,
Pat Gudauskas, Dylan Graves, Dane Gudauskas, Tanner Gudauskas
‘ S t ac h e y Fighty H ac k y
Grinny
Snow White
Grommy
G oo f y
Frothy
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCK FIN Small Haleiwa
means lefthand launchpads for
g oo f y f oo t s l i k e
Wilko
SLEEPING BEAUTIES Evan Valiere started at Haleiwa in the lowly Round of 136. He finally went down f i v e h e a t s l a t e r t o t h e e v e n t u a l co n t e s t winner and runner-up,
Joels Parkinson and Centeio. Evan earned a nap.
The Wonderful Wizard Taj Burrow
of
follows the hollow-lip road
Oz
in
We’re not Yallingup anymore!
THE ( j u ) LIAN K ING 3rd
at
Haleiwa
2nd
at
Sunset
Julian Wilson, l oo k i n g l i k e a young heir to the
Triple Crown
throne.
“Oh, I
just can’t
w a i t t o b e k i n g .”
But then...
Run Denied
“I
a
away,
Pipe Masters
Simba! And w i l d ca r d ,
wanna thank everyone for
the
support in
regards
getting a spot at
to
Pipe. I’m
sorry to say it’s not going to happen this year but
I’ll
b e b ac k n e x t y e a r a n d m a n y y e a r s t o co m e a f t e r t h a t .
Fingers crossed I make the t o u r ! G oo d l u c k t o t h e b o y s trying to make a move up! I’m o u t , H a w a i i . Y o u w e r e g oo d to me.” —Julian Wilson, Dec. 7th via Twitter
Jules
n e v e r c o m e b a ck !
is banished from his first
Triple Crown.
“It’s
b e e n t h e m o s t r a d i ca l y e a r o f m y l i f e .
Triple Crown
It’s
b e e n s u c h a r a d i ca l
year, so sad and so happy at various times. and
I’m
sad, then
I’m
happy, and
It’s
winner of the
win the
would mean a year that’s had so many ups
and downs would end on a high.
sad again.
To
I
I
think of my son
think of
Andy’s
I
Mahli
son and
all so up and down.”
think of
Andy
being born and
I
get a little
—Joel Parkinson,
Reef Hawaiian Pro 2010
“I t h i n k I can, I think I c a n ... ”
Photo: dj struntz
W h e r e T h e W i l d T h i n g s ... & Other Tales From The O’neill World Cup
C hapte r
2
sunset
b e ac h
Aren’t P oo r
co n d i t i o n s f o r c e d l a y - d a y s a n d o v e r l a p p i n g h e a t s a t
Val’s Reef
and
Kammieland. Nothin’
wild about it.
photo: jimmicane
ROAR!
Jordy Smith,
wild thing.
photo: foley
The
O’N e i l l W o r l d C u p w a s than the waves. Tiago Pires, probably w o n d e r w h a t ’ s f o r l u n c h . photo:s foley f oo d a t t h e
often better starting to
“T h e n
from far away across the world he smelled good
things to eat, so he gave up being king of the wild things.”
—M a u r i c e S e n d a k , W h e r e
the
Wild Things Are
“And
the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their
terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.”
—M a u r i c e S e n d a k , W h e r e
the
Wild Things Are
R ao n i M o n t e i r o (Brazilians: Ecstatic!
wins, and the crowd goes wild
Others: Diplomatic,
but visibly disinterested.) photo: foley
LET THE WILD RU MPUS S T ART!
R ao n i M o n t e i r o ,
first
Brazilian
to win at the
Triple Crown
in
20
years:
king of all wild things
photo: foley
Meanwhile... Parko, hill.
t h e l i t t l e a u s s i e t h a t co u l d , k e e p s c h u g g i n g u p t h e
photo: foley
Joel
moves into the quarterfinals, maintaining his
Triple Crown
ratings lead after two events.
t
HOW THE FRENCH STOLE CHRISTMAS & Other Tales
from the
Billabong Pipe Masters
Ch a pte r
3
banzai
photo: foley
pipeline
Over
the fields and through the ‘hoods, to Gerry’s house we go...
photo: jimmicane
ALI C ES IN WONDERLAND Vans’ Dual
Jewel brought four f e m a l e s u r f e r s t o P i p e , a h i s t o r i ca l l y boys-only Triple Crown venue. It
for the
was one mad tea party.
photo: jimmicane
Tyler Wright.
C oco H o : At
sea, mad as a hatter.
Ashore,
a
Cheshire Cat
smile.
The Queen
Alana Blanchard,
of
Hearts
newly requalified for the photos: jimmicane
A SP W o m e n ’ s W o r l d T o u r
T W EE D L E D e e p T y l e r W r i g h t , B ac k d oo r . photo: jimmicane
T W EE D L E D u m p C oco H o , photo: jimmicane
into the rabbit hole
“I
think
t h e l i tt l e a u s s i e t h a t c o u l d Despite Parko’s Triple Crown points lead, victory is far from certain when he goes down in
Round 3
“I
think
I
at
ca n ,
He
I
Pipe.
I
think
I
ca n . . . ”
ca n o n l y s i t , w a t c h a n d wait for his story to unfold. photo: jimmicane
think
I
can,
I
c a n ...”
GOLDILO C K S & T HE ( r o u n d ) 3 BARRELS
photos: jimmicane
Dusty Payne’s 2011 World Tour
r e q u a l i f i ca t i o n r e s t s o n a
Round 3
victory against
Mick Fanning.
With
four minutes
to go,
Mick
Dusty
co m b o ’ d
has
with a total of
17.94
Then Dusty
finds
two bowls at
B ac k d oo r digs in photo: foley
and
This
one’s just right.
S co r e : 9 . 0 0 / / T i m e R e m a i n i n g : 3 : 4 9 photo: jimmicane
This
one’s just righter.
S co r e : 9 . 8 7 / / T i m e R e m a i n i n g : 0 : 0 0 photo: jimmicane
Mmmm... Dusty Payne —
officially on tour in
2011. Delicious.
photos: jimmicane
With Mick’s photo: jimmicane
elimination, the
Little Aussie That Could
chugs one step closer to his
Triple Crown.
“I can,
I
think
I
I
think
can...”
ALL SLOBS GO T O HEA V EN ...at
least all
Dane’s
do
photo: jimmicane
Sky-high
exclamation point for a
9.33
T HE C U T BA C K OF NO T RE DANE Reynolds
rings the bell at
photo: jimmicane
B ac k d oo r .
Kelly
m u s t b e o n e h o n e s t ca t , b e ca u s e h i s n o s e s k e e p g e t t i n g s h o r t e r a n d s h o r t e r .
photo: jimmicane
PINO C C HIO
It’s
h i s t u b e r i d e s t h a t a r e r e a l l o n g ...
photo: foley
B ac k d oo r
specialist
Kieren Perrow,
the
Frenchman’s
final victim.
photo: foley
HOW T HE FREN C H S T OLE C HRIS T M AS “’Pooh-pooh no
to the
C h r i s tm a s
Whos!”
is coming!
h e w a s g r i n c h i l y h u mm i n g .
They’re
just waking up,
mouths will hang open a minute or two, then the
‘Boo
hoo.’”
—Dr. Seuss, How
the
I
“They’re
finding out now that
know just what they’ll do.
Whos
down in
Whoville
will all cry,
Grinch Stole Christmas
Jeremy Flores (next ultimate surfing’s
Christmas
spread) swipes the present from
Who’s Who:
Kieren Perrow Kelly Slater Owen Wright T aj B u r r o w C J H o b g oo d
Their
You’re
a mean one,
Mr.
French
photo: jimmicane
“But
this... this sound wasn’t sad.
W h y ... Who
this sound sounded glad.
down in
Whoville,
Every
the tall and
the small, was singing, without any presents at all!
C h r i s tm a s Somehow same.”
from
He
hadn’t stopped
coming,
it
came!
or other, it came just the
—Dr. Seuss, How
Stole Christmas
the
Grinch
All
the
Whos
down at
Pipeline...
...elated
for
Jeremy!
photos: foley and jimmicane
Jeremy
d e d i ca t e s h i s h a r d - e a r n e d w i n , t h e f i r s t f o r a
European
in
Triple Crown
histo
ory, to his idol,
And
what happened then?
Well,
at
that the
Pipeline
they say
Frenchman’s
small
rep grew three sizes that day.
Andy Irons. Bien
fait,
Jeremy!
photo: foley
“I I
thought
thought
I
I
co u l d ,
co u l d . . . �
The Little Aussie That Could,
refusing to be
derailed by injury, climbs to the top of the
Triple Crown
for the third straight year
Joel Parkinson: 2010 Vans Triple Crown of
Surfing
champion
“Oh, I
j u s t ca n ’ t
wait to be king...”
photo: foley
T HE END ...until
next year
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