Jamie O’Brien lives for Pipeline. His name is synonymous with the wave at this point, and it’s tough to talk about Pipeline and the people who surf it without talking about him. He waits for Pipe season all year, so when the first real swell of the season rolls in, he will be on it. And he was.
It’s early for Pipeline, and this swell was a surprise — not just because of the timing, but because of how good it was. Now a few days in, the crowds have found it, and they were out in full effect. Jamie has surfed early season Pipeline before, so when he calls this the “best early season Pipeline ever!” it means something. It means it was really, really good.
