Only a few days in, and Joel is having a really fun run at Pipeline this winter. Unfortunately, Joel buckled his Firewire / SlaterDesigns 5’ 9” FRK model so he is now riding a borrowed Al Merrick 6’ 9” board from St. Augustine OG now living on the North Shore. Joel got some crazy wipeouts, several ridiculous closeouts … and a pretty decent “scoring wave” during the afternoon hold of the Pipe Masters. You can actually see the footage on the Surfline Pipeline cameras around 2:30PM EST. This has been one of the best Pipe Master swells in recent memory and the North Shore is buzzing! More to come …
