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Banzai Pipeline

Surfers at the Banzai Pipeline, on the North Shore of Oahu — one of the most famous and demanding waves in surfing, breaking fast and hollow over a shallow reef close to shore. First ridden and named in 1961, it has been a proving ground for surfers ever since. The series stays with the moment of most force in each ride — the drop, the turn off the lip, the spray.

A surfer performs an aerial maneuver above the crest of a breaking wave at Pipeline, with the turquoise water exploding into sea spray around the white surfboard. — Suspension
Mid-air rotation over the Pipeline reef during the winter swell at the North Shore.
Oahu, Hawaii

A shirtless person wearing red swim shorts rides a white surfboard across a bright turquoise ocean wave. The person is mid-turn with their body angled toward the water, creating a large, dramatic splash of white sea foam behind them. The surfboard has black fins and a thin black leash trailing through the air. — Pivot
A sharp cutback through the face of a wave at Pipeline during the peak of a winter swell.
Oahu, Hawaii

A surfer in a black long-sleeve rash guard and patterned blue board shorts rides a turquoise wave at Banzai Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu. The surfer is crouched on a white surfboard, kicking up a large spray of water behind them, with the ocean extending to the horizon. — Pipeline Arc
A surfer carving through a break during the winter swell at Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu.
Oahu, Hawaii

A surfer in a dark wetsuit is mid-air while performing a high-speed maneuver on a wave at Pipeline, their body outstretched with arms wide against a massive plume of sea spray, with a red surfboard visible beneath them. — Wipeout
A sharp turn at Banzai Pipeline during the height of the winter swell, the spray obscuring the line of the wave.
Oahu, Hawaii

A person with short, light-colored hair and a black wetsuit performs a sharp turn on a red surfboard in an ocean wave. Water spray is ejected behind the board and the surfer. In the background, another person is partially visible in the water. — A mid-wave rotation at the Banzai Pipeline, captured during the winter swell on the North Shore.
Oahu, Hawaii

A surfer rides a large, curling wave at Banzai Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu. The crest of the wave is bright turquoise and translucent, with white sea spray catching the light. In the foreground, a person with long hair lies on a surfboard, facing toward the breaking wave. — Watching the winter swell at Banzai Pipeline as a set breaks across the reef.
Oahu, Hawaii

A person surfing a wave on a surfboard, leaning into a sharp turn, with a large spray of white water rising into an arch behind them. The water is deep turquoise and dark blue, contrasted by the bright white foam of the cresting wave. — Arc
A surfer carving through a heavy crest at Pipeline during the winter swell.
Oahu, Hawaii

A surfer rides a bright turquoise wave while performing a sharp turn on a surfboard. Another surfer is visible in the background, riding a separate part of the same wave, while another person's limbs are visible emerging from the crest of the breaking wave behind them, all set against an overcast sky. — Surfers navigating the winter swell at Banzai Pipeline, North Shore, Oahu.
Oahu, Hawaii

A surfer in a low crouch leans into a sharp turn on a turquoise wave, white sea spray exploding around the board. The surfer is bare-chested and wearing dark boardshorts. — Mid-turn on a crest at Banzai Pipeline, the board carving through the heavy winter swell.
Oahu, Hawaii

A person airborne on a surfboard above a breaking wave at Banzai Pipeline. The subject is mid-air, body angled with one arm extended upward and the other reaching toward the board. They are wearing red and white patterned swim trunks. Ocean spray and white water surround the board and the surfer against a bright blue sea. — A surfer catching air at Banzai Pipeline during the winter swell, North Shore, Oahu.
Oahu, Hawaii

A person surfing on a large, turquoise wave at Banzai Pipeline. The surfer is wearing patterned orange boardshorts and is balanced on a white surfboard, one arm extended outwards. The water is bright blue with white sea spray curling over the top of the wave. — Balance
A surfer carving across the face of a winter swell at Banzai Pipeline, mid-turn.
Oahu, Hawaii

A surfer with long blonde hair crouched low on a red surfboard inside the tube of a large ocean wave, surrounded by turquoise water and white sea spray. — A ride through the barrel at Pipeline during the peak of a winter swell.
Oahu, Hawaii

A person surfing on a cresting turquoise wave at the Banzai Pipeline, extending their arms and one leg outward to maintain balance as water sprays around them, set against a horizon line of the open ocean. — A sharp turn at Banzai Pipeline during the winter swell, North Shore.
Oahu, Hawaii

A surfer in a dark wetsuit performing a high-speed turn on a turquoise wave, carving upward as a large spray of water arcs behind them like a halo. The surfboard is yellow and white, and the background is an open, deep blue ocean under bright daylight. — Halo
A sharp turn at Banzai Pipeline during the winter swell; the breaking water traces the arc of the board.
Oahu, Hawaii

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