Italo Ferreira famously arrived in Hawaii before any of his World Title rivals in 2019 and dedicated himself to improving his game on the North Shore, the surf world's premier proving ground.
He ended up winning the Billabong Pipe Masters in a Final against one of the most naturally-gifted barrel riders ever, Gabriel Medina. To go from uncomfortable in Hawaii to a Pipe Master? Well, that's just pure Italo.
This year, with the Tour beginning in Hawaii as opposed to concluding, there's less pressure to perform. But it seems Italo has been going as hard as ever in freesurfs as he warms up for his heats at the Billabong Pipe Masters presented by Hydro Flask.
Italo's enlisted the help of Shane Dorian and even Jamie O'Brien -- two Hawaii legends -- and is now looking especially comfortable at some of the powerful, demanding waves of the Seven Mile Miracle that is the North Shore.
If you're looking for proof, here it is, the latest high-energy edit from Italo:
When It Comes To Good Times On The North Shore, Nobody Does It Quite Like Italo
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Italo Ferreira famously arrived in Hawaii before any of his World Title rivals in 2019 and dedicated himself to improving his game on the North Shore, the surf world's premier proving ground.
He ended up winning the Billabong Pipe Masters in a Final against one of the most naturally-gifted barrel riders ever, Gabriel Medina. To go from uncomfortable in Hawaii to a Pipe Master? Well, that's just pure Italo.
This year, with the Tour beginning in Hawaii as opposed to concluding, there's less pressure to perform. But it seems Italo has been going as hard as ever in freesurfs as he warms up for his heats at the Billabong Pipe Masters presented by Hydro Flask.
Italo's enlisted the help of Shane Dorian and even Jamie O'Brien -- two Hawaii legends -- and is now looking especially comfortable at some of the powerful, demanding waves of the Seven Mile Miracle that is the North Shore.
If you're looking for proof, here it is, the latest high-energy edit from Italo:
Italo Ferreira
Featuring Filipe Toledo, Lakey Peterson, Kanoa Igarashi, Stephanie Gilmore, Molly Picklum, Carissa Moore, Connor O'Leary, John John
Featuring Ethan Ewing, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Italo Ferreira, Jordy Smith, Samuel Pupo, Jack Robinson. Yago Dora, Gabriel Medina, Carissa
The showman Italo Ferreira goes excellent with heat-high 8.00 in Opening Rounds to best Leonardo Fioravanti and Kanoa Igarashi
Featuring Griffin Colapinto, Connor O'Leary, Leonardo Fioravanti, Kanoa Igarashi, Carissa Moore, Stephanie Gilmore, John John Florence,
The 2019 World Champion Italo Ferriera unleashed a glimpse of what he's ready to showcase on the high-performance wave of Punta Roca as he
Billabong Pipe Masters presented by Hydro Flask
Florence was widely considered the best Pipe surfer of his generation-long before he managed to win a Championship Tour event there.
A monumental breakthrough victory for John John Florence at his home break for the 50th Anniversary of the Billabong Pipe Masters.
Australian surfers who had been scoring waves on the North Shore have been arriving home to begin two weeks in quarantine.
The World Champ's new edit shows him preparing to surf in the Billabong Pipe Masters presented by Hydro Flask.
John John Florence recently won a long-awaited and well-deserved Pipe Masters victory.