There's less than a week to go till the waiting period for the Pipeline Masters - the final event on the ASP World Tour - begins. This year's Pipe Masters will be one for the ages with an epic World Title showdown between Parko and Kelly Slater already written into the script.

As keen followers we can only hope and pray that the contest is blessed with good surf to make the battle a fair one. And on that note, here is our early forecast for the Pipe Masters.

Below are a series of photographs showing Pipe in many moods and from many angles.

All photos ASP/ Cestari, Kirstin.