STORY: Crowning champions. The Hawaiian Carissa Moore, Olympic champion and five-time world champion, and the Australian Jack Robinson won the contest on Thursday. In the community, winning the Billabong Pipeline Pro competition off the coast of Hawaii is a dream come true. The spot is legendary. Because this is where one of the most famous waves in the world breaks. For a long time, the competition was only for men in the tour program. Carissa Moore, surfer: “Oh my god, I’m so happy, so many emotions. Just this moment alone. It took a few years for women to be able to surf a wave like Pipeline. It was a process for me too, after the end of last season it’s nice to get a win at an event that honors Andy Irons, he’s one of my absolute favorite surfers and I’ve always really appreciated that he took his time took for me. When I was a rookie on the tour. He was there for one of my first wins in Portugal. That’s pretty cool.” The Hawaiian surfer Andy Irons died unexpectedly in 2010 at the age of 32. He is considered a legend here in Hawaii. The 25-year-old Australian Jack Robinson won the men’s competition: Jack Robinson, surfer: “I’ve dreamed of this for a long time. And Andy was one of my favorite surfers, along with a few others. It’s just an honor to be able to experience all of this here. All those emotions at the beginning of the year. You don’t know how you start the season. I had a good feeling. But you never know with this beast.” However, Pipeline can definitely be a lot more beastly than on the final day. The runner-up, Leonardo Fioravanti from Italy, can tell you a thing or two about it. Because he broke his spine here at the age of 17 in a competition. But never gave up. And is now one of the best European surfers on the tour, which has just started and has further stages in Portugal, Australia, USA and Tahiti in the program.