A winter visit to the windblown volcanic island of Lanzarote.

First Carissa, then Steph, now Felipe opts for some timeout, effective immediately. Olympic ramifications unknown.

“Pipeline is for the fucking girls!”

No change, no pace, everything within its place.

For now.

"Hold your head up high Carissa Moore. Those who appreciate good surfing and the good in humanity salute you."

There's just two days between the end of Pipe's waiting period and the beginning of Sunset's.

The charts are firming on an extended run of trade-swell.

Now butting up against the end of the waiting period, the Women finally had their shot at the Pipe.

No 10-12-foot bombs but lots of last-second heroics on a dying swell.

"It's hard not to over froth when it's man-on-man and it's ten-foot perfect Pipe."