North Shore local Moana Jones Wong and 11-time world champion Kelly Slater took out the Billabong Pro Pipeline in double-overhead-plus conditions at the famed break on the North Shore of O’ahu, Hawaii over the weekend. Jones Wong, a wildcard entry to the event, overcame 5-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist Carissa Moore, also of Hawaii, while American Kelly Slater defeated Hawaiian Seth Moniz, who is less than half his age. Jones Wong, a goofy-footer who first surfed Pipe when she was 12, looked confident in her semi-final against Australian Tyler Wright on Sunday, pulling a 7.67 for her third wave, and gaining a back-up score of 6.33. Wright blitzed a Backdoor (right-hand) gem to score 8.33 but didn’t complete enough rides to get a solid back-up score, so Jones Wong took the heat 14 to 9.76 to secure a spot in the final. Carissa Moore took out her semi-final …
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