(World Title Contenders World No. 5 Owen Wright (AUS), World No. 3 Adriano De Souza (BRA), Three-time WSL Champion and current Jeep Rankings Leader Mick Fanning (AUS), World No. 2 Filipe Toledo (BRA), reigning WSL Champion and current World No. 4 Gabriel Medina (BRA), and defending Pipe Master and World No. 7 Julian Wilson (AUS) are all in the running for the 2015 WSL Title. IMAGE CREDIT: WSL / Cestari)
By Staff Reports
(Oahu)– With small surf trickling into the world-famous Banzai Pipeline this on December 8th, event organizers called the Pipe Invitational off for the day. The $100,000 Pipe Invitational will see 32 specialists compete for two wildcards into the final event of the 2015 Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour season, the Billabong Pipe Masters in Honor of Andy Irons, once competition commences.
Whoever advances through today’s Pipe Invitational will have a special role to play in the main event as they will draw one of six remaining WSL Title contenders in the opening rounds of competition.