1975 Pipeline Masters
Excerpt from "The Power Shifts South," by Neil Stebbins and Jack McCoy, SURFER Magazine, May 1976
“Naturally, the event will take place in the best surf possible.’’
—Fred Hemmings
“It was so terrible. I would have never ever gone out there except it was a chance to win a thousand dollars. In fact, every time I had to come to the beach, I'd walk down so slow—I was in no hurry to go back out there. It was a nightmare. It was life and death, but they had to do it—it was the last day.’’
—Rory R...