With the Reef Hawaiian Pro -- the first event of the Vans Triple Crown -- complete, two events and 13,000 points are left in the men's season on the Qualification Series (QS) and World Championship Tour (WCT). The Vans World Cup at Sunset is next and the end of the third event, the [Billabong Pipe Masters], will be the closing bell of the season. After the chips there fall, only the Top 10 surfers on the QS will make the cut. ASP Commentator Ross Williams gives his take on the rankings shakeups from Haleiwa to Pipe.
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Episode 1
Heading into the Reef Hawaiian Pro, 10 surfers were fewer than 65 points apart in the QS rankings. Williams discusses the standings at the start of the first Prime event.
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- WSL / Kelly Cestari
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Episode 2
Williams looks at the opening rounds of competition at Haleiwa and surfers like Jack Freestone (AUS) who advanced past the preliminary rounds but needed to go a step further to be safe.
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Episode 3
After 14 of 16 Round 3 heats, Williams shows who has the most to gain -- and the most to lose -- from the remaining heats at Haleiwa.
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Episode 4
Williams looks at the new qualification scenarios going into the second Prime event, the Vans World Cup.
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- WSL / Ed Sloane
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Episode 3
After 14 of 16 Round 3 heats, Williams shows who has the most to gain -- and the most to lose -- from the remaining heats at Haleiwa.
Making the Cut: Latest from Vans Triple Crown
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With the Reef Hawaiian Pro -- the first event of the Vans Triple Crown -- complete, two events and 13,000 points are left in the men's season on the Qualification Series (QS) and World Championship Tour (WCT). The Vans World Cup at Sunset is next and the end of the third event, the [Billabong Pipe Masters], will be the closing bell of the season. After the chips there fall, only the Top 10 surfers on the QS will make the cut. ASP Commentator Ross Williams gives his take on the rankings shakeups from Haleiwa to Pipe.
Episode 1
Heading into the Reef Hawaiian Pro, 10 surfers were fewer than 65 points apart in the QS rankings. Williams discusses the standings at the start of the first Prime event.
Episode 2
Williams looks at the opening rounds of competition at Haleiwa and surfers like Jack Freestone (AUS) who advanced past the preliminary rounds but needed to go a step further to be safe.
Episode 3
After 14 of 16 Round 3 heats, Williams shows who has the most to gain -- and the most to lose -- from the remaining heats at Haleiwa.
Episode 4
Williams looks at the new qualification scenarios going into the second Prime event, the Vans World Cup.
Episode 3
After 14 of 16 Round 3 heats, Williams shows who has the most to gain -- and the most to lose -- from the remaining heats at Haleiwa.