John John Florence Claims Multiple Wins on his Pyzel Ghost
The Pipe Masters hit the shores of Hawaii again this winter season, with John John Florence dominating the competition. After becoming the first Hawaiian to claim this win since Andy Irons in 2006, Florence went on to win the Vans Triple Crown. There seem to be two things that you can count on this winter in the world of surfing: Florence will continue to dominate, and Pyzel will be making his winning boards. Florence took the Pipe Masters win riding his Pyzel Ghost, his go-to shape since his second world title win back in 2017. New into the shop this week, we recently restocked the Pyzel Ghost, Shadow, and the Pyzalien 2.
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John John’s North Shore Mastery Continues With Inspired Vans Triple Crown Victory
From Ben Collins with WSL
It is indisputable, John John Florence has owned this season on the North Shore of Oahu. With a lifetime spent surfing his local breaks, returning back to form from a devastating knee injury, he channeled his energies into a maiden Pipe Masters last December, bagged a bomb at an outer reef with Ride Of The Year potential a couple weeks ago, and has now earned his fourth Vans Triple Crown trophy.
“You’re really putting it all out there, going for broke on every single wave,” Florence explained of this year’s new, pandemic-responsible, digital Triple Crown format. “It was like going on a freesurf trip and trying to get the best clip, but it’s kind of like you’re in this somewhat of a competition format.”
The youngest surfer to ever win a Vans Triple Crown — an honor ranked only second to winning a World Title — Florence first one the prestigious event in 2011. His next Triple Crown victories arrived in 2013 and 2016. And how’s this for surfing’s ultimate trifecta, in 2016 Florence not only won the Triple Crown, but also the World Title and the Big Wave Invitational In Memory Of Eddie Aikau at Waimea Bay.
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