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At the time, there was a construction project on an underground pipeline by the adjacent Kamehameha Highway, and Diffenderfer made the suggestion to name the break Pipeline. The name was first used in Bruce Brown's movie Surfing Hollow Days. It also lent its name to the 1963 hit song "Pipeline" by surf music rockers The Chantays. [2]
By 1991, Surfline was providing more than one million phone-based surf reports a year. [10] In 1992, it started distributing surf reports via fax and pagers, before moving on to internet-based services. [12] [14] [16] In 1995 Surfline became an online service, offering live video streams of surf breaks in addition to written surf reports.
The Pipe Pro is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii. It was established in 1971 and has been sponsored by Yeti Coolers, who have a three year partnership in place, which began in 2023. [1] The event attracts the top 34 surfers from The World Surf League (WSL) as well
Tamayo Perry (April 15, 1975 – June 23, 2024) was an American professional surfer, lifeguard and actor. [1] [2] He was a regular fixture on Oahu's Banzai Pipeline, [3] [4] [5] one of the world's most notable reef surf breaks, and was considered as one of the most prominent pipeline specialists of all time. [6]
The Billabong Pipe Masters [1], is an annual event of the Association of Surfing Professionals [2] for 2017 World Surf League, [3] it is the final event of the Triple Crown of Surfing. [ 4 ] This event was held from 8 to 20 December at Banzai Pipeline , Oahu ( Hawaii , United States ) and consisted of the world's best surfers competing for ...
In order to forecast the surf, there is important data from the swells that need to be analyzed. There are three main factors used in surf forecasting: Swell height is the height of the swell in deep water. [1] Swell direction is the direction from which the swell is coming. It is measured in degrees (as on a compass), and often referred to in ...
“Pipeline” was originally written by Robert M Burns and sold to the Chantays. Robert also wrote many other surf songs of that era including "K-39." The hit single was released in December 1962 on the label Downey, [1] and was picked up for nationwide distribution by Dot Records as Dot 15-16440 in January 1963. [2]
Surf's Up! At Banzai Pipeline was a 1963 various artist record album compilation that featured recordings by The Surfaris, Dave Myers and The Surftones, The Soul Kings, Coast Continentals and Jim Waller & The Deltas. It has been re-released a couple of times since.