“Unlike the first reef of Pipeline, second reef lets you roll into bigger waves with a bit more ease until the 3rd reef sets ...

When Pipeline wants to show her strength, all anyone can do is hold their breath and get as deep as possible. ... Pipeline ...

In terms of breathtaking and backbreaking surf venues, the North Shore has an embarrassment of riches. It’s a fact as old as Oahu itself. If you’re reading this, chances are you already know that.

Mark Healey, one of the fittest and health-minded surfers on the North Shore, was gassed. “Dear god, it is firing out there,” he said after session one at Pipeline Sunday, February 23. “It ...

Pipeline benefits from an outer reef refraction effect, ... At around 4 times overhead-plus, waves begin breaking in big, foamy lumps on Second Reef, another 80 yards or so outside.

At Pipeline, where hollow waves break thunderously over a shallow coral reef, ... His death was the second this year at Pipeline. The other, in February, involved photographer Jon Mozo.

After a wipeout at Pipeline, ... In the afternoon, big-wave charger Kohl Christensen picked off a beautiful-looking second reef roll-in (at the 10:15 mark in the video above).

Vid: Ryan Moss, Christian Oehmke, Eala Stewart “I didn’t think I was gonna make it,” said Jamie O’Brien of this Second Reef roll-in bomb from Black Friday’s swell.(More on this soon ...

Third Reef refracts the lines of swell and helps create the famous Pipeline frame on the two inside reefs. Second Reef Pipe is a big, old hydraulic peak that starts breaking at eight feet and goes ...

Maybe it’s not exactly second reef Pipeline, nor is it maxing out. But still, overhead barrels just weeks away from the official kickoff to summer – that’s a rare occurrence for the North Shore.