Ian Gentil

HIGHLIGHTS Day 2 // SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro Presented By Outerknown

he pressure is weighing every new heat and Final 5 hopefuls rose to the occasion to keep their fight alive. Near-perfection, envelopes being pushed, and last-minute heroics pushed the standard on Day 2 to set up all-star Quarterfinal clashes.

Tahiti is the end of the road. The most critical wave on Earth serves as the final stop on tour and decides the fight for the WSL Final 5 and Qualification Season race. At Teahupo’o, the world’s best surfers get one last chance to lay it all on the line for a spot in the Rip Curl WSL Finals. Who will make it?

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Pro's Free Surf Sessions During J-Bay Open

A lay day in J-Bay is still better than the best day at your local…

We made sure to catch all the in between moments during the Corona Open J-Bay and put it together for your viewing pleasure! Enjoy this Freesurf edit featuring the world's best and some damn fine locals trading endless runners.
Film and edit - Calvin Thompson

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Final Round of THE EDDIE at PUMPING Waimea Bay

Kai Lenny chases his big wave dream of a title at The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational before switching gears to compete against the World Tour’s finest surfers in a high-performance battle down the beach at the Sunset Pro. This is Life of Kai: Proving Ground (Part 2)

Watch all full episodes of #LifeOfKai on Red Bull TV now: https://www.redbull.com/LifeofKaiS3

Presented by BFGoodrich Tires

ALL THE HIGHLIGHTS // Surf City El Salvador Pro presented by Corona 2023

The world's best brought the heat to the Surf City. Watch as Elite CTers destroyed the famed El Salvadorian point. Here are 3 days worth of bangers from the land of palm trees and papusas.
Shop official event merchandise from the 2023 Surf City El Salvador Pro at: https://www.wslstore.com/collections/...

The Championship Tour moves on to a dreamy stop in El Salvador’s world-class right pointbreak Punta Roca. But along with the tropical scenery comes rising stakes. Just four events remain in the fight for the WSL Final 5, and as chances dwindle, pressure grows for the top World Title contenders and Qualification Season hopefuls.
Watch live June 9-18

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Pre Comp Free Surf // Surf Ranch Pro Presented By 805 Beer

The fight for the final 5 heats up at stop # 6, the Surf Ranch Pro Presented by 805 Beer.

Experience the Surf Ranch Pro pres by 805 Beer live May 27-28 in Lemoore, CA. Buy your tickets now on surfranchpro.com. Use code RANCH10 at checkout for 10% off all ticket types.

Limited-edition 2023 Official Championship Tour tees available now: https://www.wslstore.com/collections/...

Shop 2023 official CT jerseys and new posters at WSLStore.com: https://www.wslstore.com/collections/...

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Greatest Maui Swell Of All Time? Ma'alaea Freight Trains Goes Off | SESSIONS

Across the seven seas every surfing town has one: a mythical wave that is spoken of more than it is ever sighted. You can live somewhere your whole surfing life and only ever hear of the perfect point that has to be seen to be believed, or the ballistic beach break that only exists for a few hours before sinking into the sand as quickly as it surfaced, not to be seen again for another dozen years. In Maui that wave is called Freight Trains, and it this story on steroids.

On July 17, a few days after the Code Red Two swell thumped into Teahupo’o in Tahiti, it continued across the South Pacific and turned north, stealing through the tiny gap between the coast of Maui and the uninhabited islet of Kayo-olawe at the exact perfect angle needed to turn the Ma'alaea Harbor into the world’s fastest wave. So rare is this gem that Maui’s Kai Lenny, rider of the world’s wildest waves, had never surfed it before.

Kai can finally now say he has enjoyed the rarest gold his home island produces after scoring Freight Trains as good as it gets, as this jaw dropping clip demonstrates, with some of Kai’s very own GoPro shots stealing the show. As you can see from the footage, Kai was far from alone in the lineup. Everyone from Hawaiian legend Michael Ho to Maui’s four-time Jaws champ Billy Kemper was in the water, alongside a cast of hundreds. Young gun Eli Hanneman, who was three-years-old the last time the Freight Train came to town, was another standout alongside Ian Walsh, Imaikalani Devault, Makua Rothman and a long list of Hawaiian underground chargers. Take a bow Sai Smiley, Torrey Meister, Ian Gentil, Mikey O’Shaughnessy, Kona Oliveira, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Anderson, Steve Roberson, Jackson Bunch and Luke Shepardson, just to list those who manhandled Ma'alaea in the director’s cut above.

“I think this goes down as one of the all-time greatest days on Maui, at least in my lifetime,” concludes Kai, after the day of days. "The waves were all-time, all day long, I can’t believe what just happened."

Marc Chambers filmed the entire thing on land and compiled his footage with water, drone and all other angles of the swell of the century for this Sessions edit. All aboard!

Pipeline Flexes As CT Stars Put On An Epic Show | HIC PIPE PRO Highlights Day 3

The Banzai turns on for one of the best days of the season as CT stars and local standouts go head-to-head at the HIC Pipe Pro.

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Josh Moniz Wins 2020 Pipe Invitational

Josh Moniz has taken out the 2020 Pipe Invitational at Banzai Pipeline, in Oahu, Hawaii.

Moniz defeated Peruvian surfer Miguel Tudela, and Hawaiians Eala Stewart and Ian Gentil in a final held in spectacular conditions.

The duo secured their wildcard spots into the 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons.

"I feel great. It's a pretty amazing feeling, being able to just keep surfing at Pipe, my favorite wave in the world," said Moniz, 2020 Pipe Invitational winner.

"This is probably the best heat I've ever had. I grew up surfing against all those guys and I know how good they are. I was definitely nervous, but I'm glad it worked out."

Surfers competed in front of an empty beach due to Covid-19 restrictions for the contest.

However, a group of Moniz' family stormed the beach to congratulate him after scoring a pair of 9.60 rides in the finals, including his younger brother, Seth, who will also compete in the main event.

"It's going to be insane. I get to watch my brother surf in some heats, and I get to surf and some heats too. Hopefully we will both do well," said Moniz.

Miguel Tudela is happy to make his debut in a Championship Tour event and represent Peru on the main stage of surfing.

"I wasn't even thinking about coming here until I got a call from Billabong a couple of weeks ago. I'm really stoked I made it through," concluded Tudela.

Moniz and Tudela will be welcomed into Pipe's lineup by the Brazilian Storm.

Moniz will face two-time world champion Gabriel Medina and 2015 world champion Adriano de Souza in Heat 5 of the Seeding Round, while Tudela will have to go through 2019 world champion and reigning Pipe Master, Italo Ferreira in Heat 6.

2020 Pipe Invitational | Final

1. Joshua Moniz (HAW) 19.20
2. Miguel Tudela (PER) 13.10
3. Eala Stewart (HAW) 12.50
4. Ian Gentil (HAW) 6.10

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