Slideshows - The Beauty Of Pipeline

The super deep ones always look perfect, but end up closing out over a dangerously shallow section dubbed 'no-mans land'. All images by The Spex

View from the showers

A water view of the action

If you facing Pipe, this is your view to the right

..and this is the view to the left

There never seems to be a shortage of talented grommets in the lineup. Usually hey are scavenging over the scraps, but in this instance, a lightie scoops a nugget to himself.

This is what a good one looks like that no-body was in position for. Plenty of these coming thru, u just got to be in position

Unsuspecting tourists frolic in the shallows as a monster unloads at Pipe in the background.

Wiggolly Dantes sets up for a shot in a golden cavern.

A lucky local, tucked away deep in a golden afternoon nugget.

Another lucky local, Jamie O'brien. He gets to call this his backyard and has become quite comfortable out here.

With so much sand packed on the reef from the past few weeks of minimal swell and northerly winds, a backwash has formed to becomes the final and biggest hurdle when exiting the barrel. Wiggolly, one foot on, one foot off.