2012 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing

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E D I T O R I A L

P H O T O G R A P H E R S

Editor-in-Chief | Taylor Paul

JIMMicane

Managing Editor | beau Flemister

Corey Wilson

Assistant Editor | BRENDAN BUCKLEY

Duncan macfarlane

Photo Editor | peter taras

Steve Sherman

Associate Photo Editor | jimmy wilson

Mike Killion

Art Director | chato aganza Associate Art Director | Noa Emberson Online Editor | jason miller


Photo: Corey Wilson



All Haleiwa photos by Corey Wilson


Seaba SeabaSS, before. Here we go...

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A toast to good health

Dusty Payne sat out most of 2012 with a swollen ankle, but he was rewarded with the injury wildcard for 2013 (and 6.73 points for this spin). 09


If 2013 tour-addition Glenn Hall were surfing this wave, how many times overhead would it be?

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Haleiwa was built for big turns. Gabe Kling exploits.

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after fter all the theSe theS e year yearS and an ocean of bucketS thrown, does Clash of the Legends winner Vincent Sunny Garcia really need to check his spray?

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Mark Occy

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Robert Kelly

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Dane Reynolds quit the tour in 2012 to work on his big budget biopic, Anchor Twins.

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This is a turn in the same way a tiger is a cat.

Dane Reynolds purrs.

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Worthy of two names.

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Alejo, Seabass and John John are three young WT surfers who’ve earned their [boardshort] stripes.

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Sebastian Zietz

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Everyone has fun at Camp Seabass.

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“Snuck in da club.”

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This year, there were 10 seats open on tour.

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there'S one left.

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Sebastian Zietz: He came. He carved. He crowned.

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Jeremy Flores comfortably carved himself a 2013 re-qualification, finishing 11th.

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In surfing, we love

fair-weather fanS. .

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Tom Whitaker goes pinch for punch with Sunset.

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Wardo and daughter

Gabriel Medina

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Sunny and Zeke

Jack Freestone

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Alejo Muniz.

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Sunset has an Ace in its pocket.

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Year after year, CJ Hobgood has proved he's got the chops to make it on tour...

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...at Sunset, he licked ‘em.

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Adam Melling,

Torque like a husky ballerina on his way to victory. 050

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Seabass, comfortably third.

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P h o t o : m a C fa r l a n e


It started early, it started clean.

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P h o t o : M a c fa r l a n e


A feared competitor, an eloquent commentator, an attentive father. May 2013 bless you with more Shane Dorian than ever. 058


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It’s not so bad to be a middle man. Damien Hobgood leans into Backdoor, and ends the year 16th in the world.

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Bruce

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Irons

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Marley Parkinson [toddler].

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From a distance

it almost loo—

f--k that. Still looks scary.

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actually,


Kieren Perrow, unafraid.

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Will failure to re-qualify wipe the smile off Pat Gudauskas' face?

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No. The answer is no.

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make no miStake, ,

forearm tattoos have nothing to do with this style. dane.

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Mick had a mathematical shot at the 2012 World Title, but his Backdoor calculations left him a fraction shy.

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Beating John John at Haleiwa and Pipe, Seabass is already comfortable in his role as a 'CTer...

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...Very comfortable. Triple Crown victory lap.

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would he be king? 079


The land of 1,000 sunburns.

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Ricardo Dos Santos

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You would. Photo: Jimmicane

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You probably wouldn’t. P h o t o : M a c fa r l a n e

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Patiently Parko

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Ace Buchan

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Adam Melling,

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banana peeled.

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Billy Kemper

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Parko, beneath a nice set.

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Shane Dorian

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Jeremy Flores

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Jamie O’barreled.

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CURVES

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LINES

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For Kelly, "letting go" didn't work as well as it did in 2005.

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Kolohe,

deep breaths

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deeP driveS To prove something, you need evidence. Here, Kolohe Andino presents Exhibit A: a 9.13 in Round 3.

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Taylor Knox. Legend. 100

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Off the Wall, bless her heart. She tries, but will inevitably come up short next to her older sisters, Pipe and Backdoor.

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board games

Slater's broken board wasn't enough to crush Gabriel Medina's dreams (is anything?). Gabs, seventh in the world and rising.

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yadin'S 10: Stunning, but sadly, not enough to re-qualify. 107

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Andy's mother, Danielle.

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Second place at Pipe. Eight place on tour. A quick trip to the hospital between heats.

An eventful workday for Josh Kerr.

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A fist for every first. World title and Pipeline winner, Joel Parkinson.

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Over the boil and through the Backdoor on his way to not second place.

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And Parko declares, "Send Kelly's shirts to Africa!"

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Thank you for

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