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World No. 1 Mick Fanning (AUS), scored 14 nine-point rides this season. His highest was a 9.80 during Round 2 of the Oi Rio Pro when he air-dropped into a hollow lefthander. Heading into the final men's Championship Tour event of the season, the Billabong Pipe Masters in December, Fanning will need every ounce of his tube skills to stay at the front of the pack win the 2015 World Title.
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Filipe Toledo (BRA), the current World No. 2 heading into the Billabong Pipe Masters, is no slouch when it comes to big scores. Toledo has scored a perfect 10 in each of the three Finals he's been in this year (leading, of course, to three event wins). This signature air from the Final of the Oi Rio Pro in May was particularly thrilling, as thousands of his fellow Brazilians gathered on the beach to bear witness.
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Right behind Toledo, at No. 3 on the Jeep Leaderboard, Adriano de Souza (BRA) (five nine-point rides so far in 2015) had a tremendous Australian leg, culminating in a win at the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. That event also saw his highest-scored ride of the year to date, a 9.80 for free-falling into a buttery tube at the Box.
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Reigning World Champ Gabriel Medina (BRA) found his stride during the Quiksilver Pro France, sliding right back into the Tile race with just two more CT events to go. Up against World No. 2 Adriano de Souza (BRA) in the Semifinals, he posted his second perfect 10 of the event. He'll arrive in Hawaii as current World No. 4.
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World No. 5 Owen Wright (AUS) has earned five 10-point scores this season. But he made history when he doubled down in two different heats. His 20-point heat totals in both Round 5 and the Final of the Fiji Pro made him the first in pro surfing to score two perfect heats in a single contest. While he has a hill to climb if he wants to win the Title at Pipe, his tube skills are among the best of the bunch -- look out for him to be a massive threat in Hawaii.
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Lagging behind the other five contenders is World No. 7 Julian Wilson (AUS) (after throwaway scores, he tops No. 6 Italo Ferreira). But don't let his last place in the Title talk fool you: Over the course of the season, the Aussie scored 14 rides in the nine-point range through 10 events. His 9.93 at the Fiji Pro for a long, backside tube topped them all.
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Among the women, there are two surfers vying for the Title. The first, World No. 1 Carissa Moore (HAW), will head to the final women's CT event of the year, the Target Maui Pro, with the yellow jersey and 15 nine-point rides to her name for the 2015 season. One of her most brilliant performances came during the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. In Round 3, Moore continued to improve on her scoreline even after posting a nine-pointer on her first ride. She ultimately dropped that nine after notching her highest score of the season to date, a 9.73.
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Courtney Conlogue (USA), World No. 2, broke into the nine-point range eight times so far this season. Her most significant wave came in the Quarterfinals of the Cascais Women's Pro. Needing a big score to overcome the point differential, Conlogue dominated a tricky right to earn her highest score of the season -- a 9.67 -- and the advance. She ultimately won the event.
So which woman might score biggest in Maui's Honolua Bay? Watch live here starting November 21.
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World No. 5 Owen Wright (AUS) has earned five 10-point scores this season. But he made history when he doubled down in two different heats. His 20-point heat totals in both Round 5 and the Final of the Fiji Pro made him the first in pro surfing to score two perfect heats in a single contest. While he has a hill to climb if he wants to win the Title at Pipe, his tube skills are among the best of the bunch -- look out for him to be a massive threat in Hawaii.
Watch Best of the Best: Title Contenders' Top Waves
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World No. 1 Mick Fanning (AUS), scored 14 nine-point rides this season. His highest was a 9.80 during Round 2 of the Oi Rio Pro when he air-dropped into a hollow lefthander. Heading into the final men's Championship Tour event of the season, the Billabong Pipe Masters in December, Fanning will need every ounce of his tube skills to stay at the front of the pack win the 2015 World Title.
Filipe Toledo (BRA), the current World No. 2 heading into the Billabong Pipe Masters, is no slouch when it comes to big scores. Toledo has scored a perfect 10 in each of the three Finals he's been in this year (leading, of course, to three event wins). This signature air from the Final of the Oi Rio Pro in May was particularly thrilling, as thousands of his fellow Brazilians gathered on the beach to bear witness.
Right behind Toledo, at No. 3 on the Jeep Leaderboard, Adriano de Souza (BRA) (five nine-point rides so far in 2015) had a tremendous Australian leg, culminating in a win at the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. That event also saw his highest-scored ride of the year to date, a 9.80 for free-falling into a buttery tube at the Box.
Reigning World Champ Gabriel Medina (BRA) found his stride during the Quiksilver Pro France, sliding right back into the Tile race with just two more CT events to go. Up against World No. 2 Adriano de Souza (BRA) in the Semifinals, he posted his second perfect 10 of the event. He'll arrive in Hawaii as current World No. 4.
World No. 5 Owen Wright (AUS) has earned five 10-point scores this season. But he made history when he doubled down in two different heats. His 20-point heat totals in both Round 5 and the Final of the Fiji Pro made him the first in pro surfing to score two perfect heats in a single contest. While he has a hill to climb if he wants to win the Title at Pipe, his tube skills are among the best of the bunch -- look out for him to be a massive threat in Hawaii.
Lagging behind the other five contenders is World No. 7 Julian Wilson (AUS) (after throwaway scores, he tops No. 6 Italo Ferreira). But don't let his last place in the Title talk fool you: Over the course of the season, the Aussie scored 14 rides in the nine-point range through 10 events. His 9.93 at the Fiji Pro for a long, backside tube topped them all.
Among the women, there are two surfers vying for the Title. The first, World No. 1 Carissa Moore (HAW), will head to the final women's CT event of the year, the Target Maui Pro, with the yellow jersey and 15 nine-point rides to her name for the 2015 season. One of her most brilliant performances came during the Drug Aware Margaret River Pro. In Round 3, Moore continued to improve on her scoreline even after posting a nine-pointer on her first ride. She ultimately dropped that nine after notching her highest score of the season to date, a 9.73.
Courtney Conlogue (USA), World No. 2, broke into the nine-point range eight times so far this season. Her most significant wave came in the Quarterfinals of the Cascais Women's Pro. Needing a big score to overcome the point differential, Conlogue dominated a tricky right to earn her highest score of the season -- a 9.67 -- and the advance. She ultimately won the event.
So which woman might score biggest in Maui's Honolua Bay? Watch live here starting November 21.
World No. 5 Owen Wright (AUS) has earned five 10-point scores this season. But he made history when he doubled down in two different heats. His 20-point heat totals in both Round 5 and the Final of the Fiji Pro made him the first in pro surfing to score two perfect heats in a single contest. While he has a hill to climb if he wants to win the Title at Pipe, his tube skills are among the best of the bunch -- look out for him to be a massive threat in Hawaii.