Rules are rules...

...and yesterday some crew in Hawaii were very happy for that.

Pipeline was 8 feet plus and whistle clean all day yesterday. Perfect Pipe you'd say. Everything being normal the Turbo Pipeline Pro would've had their second day of competition running and the punters would've been locked out. However, there was a minor local contest being held down the road at Haliewa and regulations stipulate that there can only be one contest running on the North Shore.

The local contest got the nod, the bodyboarders had to wait and Pipeline pumped all day.

Grant Molony was there to check it out. //STUART NETTLE