Mamiya and Wright won at Pipe

Brisa was unable to beat Picklum in the quarterfinals and finished fifth


All photos by WSL/Heff - Bielmann 

Hawaiian Barron Mamiya and Australian Tyler Wright won the Pipe Pro yesterday on a day of perfect, slightly sluggish waves at Backdoor.

Mamiya repeated his consecutive victory, he had won last year beating John John in the final and this time he beat the Italian Leo Fioravanti who made it to the final again.

The result was as close as it gets: 17,97 to 17,97, breaking the tie for the best wave, which was 9,8.

A completely different reality was experienced by the ladies, who finished with a score of 7,7 for Wright and 3,94 for Caitlin Simmers.

The Australian returned to win at Pipe after four years.

Both Mamiya and Wright will travel to Stage 2 in Abu Dhabi from February 14-16 in yellow jersey.

Earlier in the day, Costa Rican Brisa Hennessy, the only Spanish speaker present on the final day of the event, was unable to beat Australian Molly Picklum and said goodbye with a decent quarter-final result and starting the year in fifth place.

Tyler's celebration.
Mamiya intubated

Full results of the day:

Female final
1 - Tyler Wright (AUS) 7.70
2 - Caitlin Simmers (USA) 3.94

men's final
1 - Barron Mamiya (HAW) 17.97
2 - Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 17.97

Women's semis
SERIES 1: Tyler Wright (AUS) 15.17 BEAT Lakey Peterson (USA) 9.83
SERIES 2: Caitlin Simmers (USA) 17.67 BEAT Molly Picklum (AUS) 16.13

Men's semis
SERIES 1: Barron Mamiya (HAW) 18.90 BEAT Italo Ferreira (BRA) 10.33
SERIES 2: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 16.57 BEAT Ian Gouveia (BRA) 9.34

Female quarters
SERIES 1: Lakey Peterson (USA) 6.50 BEAT Isabella Nichols (AUS) 1.50
SERIES 2: Tyler Wright (AUS) 11.84 BEAT Caroline Marks (USA) 3.50
SERIES 3: Caitlin Simmers (USA) 14.50 BEAT Sawyer Lindblad (USA) 1.43
SERIES 4: Molly Picklum (AUS) 8.10 BEAT Brisa Hennessy (CRC) 1.03

Men's quarters
SERIES 1: Italo Ferreira (BRA) 15.17 BEAT Miguel Pupo (BRA) 15.10
SERIES 2: Barron Mamiya (HAW) 14.50 BEAT Jake Marshall (USA) 14.00
SERIES 3: Ian Gouveia (BRA) 15.17 BEAT Kelly Slater (USA) 9.26
SERIES 4: Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA) 15.67 BEAT George Pittar (AUS) 8.00

A long wait stretched until the final day of the period and it was good to be patient.
Slater is still in good form, turns 53 in two days and made it to the quarter-finals. He lost to an inspired Ian Gouveia