Pipeline, Monster Energy Pipeline Pro, January, 2007

HONOLULU (Friday, February 9, 2007) - North Shore resident Jamie O'Brien won his second Monster Energy Pro, presented by Billabong, title at the Banzai Pipeline today. Finding form in the toughest conditions of the event, the 23-year-old bolted out of the gates to establish a lead that served him well the duration of the 30-minute final, earning $10,000, a Makita Power Tools pack, a Kicker stereo and a set of KMC wheels. Runner-up was Australian darkhorse Mark Mathews ($5,000), third was defending champion Rob Machado (Cardiff, CA - $3,000), and fourth was Kauai rookie Gavin Gillette ($2,400). Conditions ranged throughout the day from clean six-to-eight feet in the morning, to a ravaging 10-foot mix of swell directions by the semi-finals and final. Read about The Surf Contest