“If you can win this contest, it really is meaningful. I think it's tougher to win this event than it is some of the others because this is a larger field and a lot of the guys in it are (Pipeline) specialists.”
“There are only two events at Pipe right now, this and the Pipe Masters, and it's one of the best waves in the world. So even though this one doesn't get as much press as the Pipe Masters, it's still just as big in a lot of our eyes. We all know what it takes to surf at Pipe.”
