• No Competition Today or Tomorrow at Lexus Pipe Pro Presented by YETI, First Stop on 2025 WSL Championship Tour Poor Conditions Prompt OFF Days Today and Tomorrow
• Next Call: Wednesday, January 29, at 7:45 AM HST for Possible 8AM Start
• Caity Simmers and Barron Mamiya Set to Defend 2024 Pipe Pro Victories
• High-Powered Rookie Class Ready to up the Ante in 2025
• Proven Pipe Performers Look to Further Legacy at Famed Wave

“It’s great to be back here at Pipeline for the Lexus Pipe Pro,” said Jessi Miley-Dyer, WSL Commissioner. “We are going to be off for today, and we’re also going to be off for tomorrow. Not the nicest day, and we know we are going to get some better conditions in the window. Our first day that we’re really looking at is going to be Wednesday. The forecast is changing a lot, and it’s challenging because you know that this wave is so good. We’re going to come back Wednesday and hopefully will have a start to the competition.”

When competition gets underway, the Lexus Pipe Pro will host an incredible lineup of the world’s best surfers as they begin their charge toward the 2025 World Title. With one of the most exciting schedules in the Tour’s history ready to unravel, every result matters and it all starts at Pipe.

Reigning World Champion Caity Simmers (USA) began her World Title run with a historic win here at Pipe in 2024, and now looks to repeat her performance as she dons the Yellow Leader jersey to start the 2025 season. Last year’s runner-up Molly Picklum (AUS), who scored a 10-point ride, will look to continue a run of iconic performances in Hawaii when the competition commences.

Fellow defending event victor Barron Mamiya (HAW) earned a 10-point ride in the Final against eventual 2024 World Champion and 2025 Local Event Wildcard John John Florence (HAW). Following wins from Jack Robinson (AUS) in 2023 and 11-time World Champion Kelly Slater (USA) in 2022, one of North Shore’s own, Mamiya, brought the men’s Pipe Pro title back to Oʻahu. Now, Mamiya will have to fend off the likes of Florence, Robinson, Slater, and more of the world’s best to become the first back-to-back CT Pipe victor since the late Andy Irons (HAW) (2005, 2006).

A new season brings new faces and this season includes one of the most highly-anticipated women’s rookie classes in recent memory. Teenage phenom Erin Brooks (CAN), the 2024 Fiji Pro winner, joins 2024 Tahiti Pro winner Vahine Fierro (FRA) and the progressive style of Southern California’s Bella Kenworthy (USA) to battle for the 2025 Rookie of the Year honors. The 17-year-old is no stranger to waves of consequence, and already has WSL wins at three of the stops on the 2025 schedule, Cloudbreak, Saquarema, and Snapper Rocks.

On the men’s side, Brazil’s Edgard Groggia (BRA) joins a hefty list of compatriots returning to the Tour and looks to vie for the Rookie of the Year honor against Australia’s Joel Vaughan (AUS) and George Pittar (AUS), as well as electric competitors Marco Mignot (FRA), Jackson Bunch (HAW), and Alan Cleland Jr. (MEX).

Pittar made his presence known to the world when he surged to a Semifinal at last year’s Western Australia Margaret River Pro, while Bunch’s breakthrough to 2023 WSL World Junior Championships runner-up showed there’s more in his arsenal than just heavy-water charging. Plus, the combination of aerial antics and hard-charging that define the approach of Cleland, Vaughan and Mignot will no doubt come to light as they look to prove they belong among the world’s best.

An illustrious list of former Pipe Pro winners and CT veterans are hoping to retain the upper hand over the exciting rookies. 2019 WSL Champion Italo Ferreira (BRA) and perennial World Title threat Jack Robinson (AUS) all have their names etched into Pipe history and now look to join rarified air as two-time winners. Wildcard and eight-time Pipe Pro winner Kelly Slater (USA) looks to shake up the world’s best after stepping away from full-time competition in 2024. Slater and Ferreira will face each other at the very beginning of their campaigns when they meet in Opening Round Heat 5, along with 2024 Challenger Series Winner Samuel Pupo (BRA). Meanwhile, former runners-up Seth Moniz (HAW), Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA), and Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) are eager to go one better and attain a maiden Pipe Pro trophy.

2022 victor Moana Jones Wong (HAW) returns as the Wildcard to continue pushing the world’s best at her favorite wave in the world. It won’t be an easy road for Jones Wong, as she takes on defending event winner Caitlin Simmers (USA), and Isabella Nichols (AUS) in the Opening Round. Bettylou Sakura Johnson (HAW) and Gabriela Bryan (HAW) helm a further field of Hawaiian Island contenders who are keen to bring the title back to home waters. Two-time World Champion and two-time Pipe Pro finalist Tyler Wright (AUS) faces an early challenge in the Opening Round, where she’ll go up against former Semifinalists Brisa Hennessy (CRC) and Lakey Peterson (USA), who are both aiming for strong starts to their season.

WSL Fantasy Surfing is now live for the 2025 season. Fans can create their leagues, invite friends, and build teams. WSL Fantasy for the Lexus Pipe Pro Presented by YETI will lock at the start of the men’s Round of 32 and women’s Round of 16.

Learn more at CTFantasy.WorldSurfLeague.com.