"The session was pretty quiet, as most of the boys weren't out and there was more space than normal in the crowd to find one," Kelly said of his Monday evening drainer. "Lots of waves and with a new swell looming, it was really shallow and some double-ups." Photo: Caca Neves

"This one just peeled off Second Reef and I'd been waiting for a while," he continued. "Graeme Kronewitter (Maui guy) was paddling further out, but just had one and yelled for me to go (thanks, Graeme). Wanted to drag from takeoff, but a lot were just doubling up too much and I didn't want to get thrown like I did on a few others. Such a perfect wave. That's why we surf Pipe." (It's also a Wave of the Winter entry.) Sequence: Caca Neves