When was pipeline first surfed

So take a couple moments and check out the session that changed surfing forever. Toggle navigation. The First Session at Pipeline. Taylor Pitz. View Comments. The first time Pipe was ridden, it was a completely different scene. When Phil Edwards dragged his longboard down to Ehukai beach in December of , the only person there to see him was filmmaker Bruce Brown.

Phil surfed a couple of four-footers that day, then swore the wave off, claiming it was too fast, too shallow, and too dangerous to surf any bigger. When he arrived in Hawaii for the season, Butch had Pipe in his crosshairs. The wave was considered to be the most dangerous on the planet, and the Shortboard Revolution was still a few years away, so anyone hoping to test themselves at Pipe would have to do it on a single-fin longboard.

But Butch was notorious as one of the hardest charging surfers of his time, both in the water and on land, so if anyone was going to take Pipe surfing to the next level, he was the guy. As legend has it, the boys had been drinking heavily the night before a popular pastime with visitors to the North Shore for the past 50 years, especially when the waves have gone flat , and a young John Peck was woken up mid-morning with news that Pipe was firing and Butch was already out.

Peck rushed down and joined Butch in the lineup, and in one session the two proceeded to redefine how heavy, hollow waves were surfed. Meanwhile, Peck was all finesse on his backhand and ended up developing a new drop-knee, backside approach that would eventually evolve into the modern pig dog. Check out this awesome montage of Butch some footage is at Pipe, and some from other waves. Pipe quickly became the talk of the surfing world, and 55 years later is still the barrel against which all others are measured.

Legendary surf filmmaker Bruce Brown captured the first ride ever at Pipe when Phil took off on a six-foot wave and successfully surfed it until the end. The historic moment can be seen in the movie " Surfing Hollow Days. The next day, he rode it again, along with Dave Willingham. Phil Edwards made history and brought an endless team of fellow surfers to the world's most famous surf spot. He collected trophies, titles and honors; he sold his signature surfboards and taught the surfing community.

How to improve your duck dive technique in 4 simple steps. What is and how to treat a neoprene wetsuit allergy. The curious story of Mr. Zog's Sex Wax. Phil Edwards: the first surfer of Pipeline February 4, Surfing. Philip Edwards was the first surfer to ride Banzai Pipeline, in Hawaii, back in He was leaving for Hawaii soon after that, and enthused by the session, ordered a traditional red big-wave gun.

I grabbed it and examined the rocker. It was bent like a banana. A pink banana. My heart sank. It just got way too bent.

The bent board was 7'10" x At 7'10, the board was supposed to be made for solid Sunset beach in Hawaii.