Volcom Day 1 Cancelled

ESPN '"The conditions became uncontestable and unsafe. We had to call it," said Contest Director Marty Thomas, who made the right call with the swell building much faster and bigger than anticipated."' By Ross Williams

'It was the kind of day you absolutely dread when your name gets called to check in and get your jersey. Pipe is scary enough at six to eight feet, but when the Volcom Pipe Pro was called off at around 10:30am after consistent third reef bombs began washing through and smashing "warriors" like little ants as they unloaded on the first reef, the fear level reached new heights. Ultimately, only a handful of heats would be run in the trying conditions.

'By mid day people were surfing small Waimea and other outer reefs with sets up to 15 feet Hawaiian scale. Don't ask me what that means. Probably 20 foot faces? When the waves reach this size on the North Shore it shrinks the number of surf spot that are actually ridable to two or three. Pipe gets unruly at the 12-foot mark and with all the energy of a building swell behind it, the spot gets down right ugly.'