After an epic run last year, the North Shore local has his eyes on that Pipe Pro trophy in 2017. His performance in that final was as storybook as his run through the comp to get there — he was first to strike, carrying his momentum in from the semi, and he seemed to know he needed to push himself deeper than the vets he was surfing against to separate himself from that pack of Pipe royalty. His wipeout will go down as the heaviest of the event's history, and as he sprinted down the beach after breaking his board, the people’s champ of the 2016 Pipe Pro was officially crowned.