Gallery: Wildcards, Challengers Alike Get Flexed at Unruly Pipeline 

In the six years the World Surf League has run its Challenger Series, it hasn’t had anything like what happened today at Pipeline. In November 2019, the WSL created the CS to streamline qualification for the Championship Tour. The first event was held at Manly Beach in March 2020 (won by Carissa Moore and Leonardo Fioravanti). Since its inception, the CS has run in a range of conditions, from great to good to bad to terrible. 

There was one thing missing, however.  Big, heaving barrels in waves of consequence...