REEF HAWAIIAN PRO
Celebrating 25 years in 2009.
Defending champion: Michel Bourez (Tahiti).
Event dates: November 12-23, 2009, will run on the best four days of surf during the period.
Event rating: Men's 6-star Prime World Qualifying Series event. Will have a major impact on final year WQS rankings.
Prize purse: $145,000
The Wave: When the waves are up, Haleiwa can be a heavy, fast wave that offers the rider every kind of maneuver. The inside “Toilet Bowl” section is famous for its grinding barrels and wringing wipeouts.
Distance from Turtle Bay Resort: approximately 10 miles, west.
Past champions:
2008 - Michel Bourez, Tahiti
2007 - Roy Powers, Hawaii
2006 - Andy Irons, Hawaii
2005 - Pancho Sullivan, Hawaii
2004 - Sunny Garcia, Hawaii
2003 - Troy Brooks, Australia
2002 - Sunny Garcia, Hawaii
2001 - Andy Irons, Hawaii
2000 - Sunny Garcia, Hawaii
1999 - Conan Hayes, Hawaii
1998 - Kaipo Jaquias, Hawaii
1997 - Tony Ray, Australia
1996 - Kaipo Jaquias, Hawaii
1995 - Richard Lovett, Australia
1994 - Chris Brown, USA
1993 - Sunny Garcia, Hawaii
1992 - Sunny Garcia, Hawaii
1991 - Tom Curren, USA
1990 - Nick Wood, Australia
1989 - Cheyne Horan, Australia
1988 - Barton Lynch, Australia
1987 - Gary Elkerton, Australia
1986 - Mark Richards, Australia
1985 - Mark Richards, Australia
Victory Tally:
Hawaii - 12
Australia - 9
USA - 2
Tahiti - 1
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