Casuarina based big wave surfer, Ryan Hipwood isn’t scared of much except, Pipeline.
So the 30-year-old has undertaken some gruelling weight sessions to prepare his body for the break’s potential wrath.
Bede Durbidge’s pelvis-breaking-wipeout won’t be far from his mind.
Hipwood’s back in Hawaii for a qualifying series round at Sunset Beach, before tackling a Q-S event at Pipeline.