DEEP March/April 2014 Green Issue | Page 12

NEWS ASPUPDATE Another Day at the Office J ust before his 42nd birthday, 11-time ASP World Champ Kelly Slater went to work again at the 5-Star Volcom Pipe Pro, picking up where he left off after a resounding victory at last year’s Billabong Pipe Masters, the last ASP event for 2013.  Obviously Slater doesn’t need the points to qualify, but he couldn’t pass up perfect, heaving 8- to 10-foot Pipe barrels for the first ASP tour event in 2014.  A nice tune up before embarking on his 24th year on the World Championship Tour (WCT). The Volcom Pipe Pro was Slater’s 66th world tour victory.  He is committed to the first event of the WCT at Snapper Rocks, but  beyond that Slater is taking a wait and see approach for the rest of 2014. Two other local standouts faired decently at Pipe.  Both Cory Arrambide and Conner Coffin advanced to the quarterfinals.  Each finished with an =13th. PHOTO: BIELMANN/VOLCOM BY CHUCK GRAHAM Tuning up for 2014? Locals Take Top SIMA Awards T PHOTOS: BRENT HILLEMAN Channel Islands crew stoked on life. SAT 01 9:03am 6.03 3:36pm -0.84 SUN 02 MON 03 9:49 5:61 10:35 5.02 4:13 -0.41 4:49 0.14 TUE 04 WED 05 THU 06 FRI 07 SAT 08 11:26 4.33 5:25 0.75 12:22 3.63 6:02 1.37 7:34 0.79 1:39 3.05 9:03 0.93 3:38 2.8