JOB's latest Pipeline antics. Photo: Bernie Baker

Photo: Bernie Baker

"The Wave Storm is 8'0" and thick. It's like a boat and it paddles better than any board I've ever paddled in my life," O'Brien said, describing his equipment choice. "For the transfer, I use a Bill Johnson little fish funboard. The reason I like it and the reason it came to mind is because I can lie on the nose when I take off." Sequence: Paul "Gordinho" Cohen

One of Jamie's successful attempts. "You're thinking about the wind blowing in your face, the board you have to pick up off your nose, grab it with one hand, put it over here, grab it with the other hand, and then you got to start pumping down the line and decide when to transfer," O'Brien explained. "And then you just wait for it to start barreling, take it slow off the bottom, let go and then try to get barreled." Video: Tiago Navas

"Unfortunately, so far I didn't make my two very best tries," JOB revealed. "The one at Off-The-Wall was solid, like five- or six-feet and I should have come out. It was perfect." Video: Greg Browning