The final event of 2019, the Bilobong Pipe Masters crescendoed in the final heat in very good surf, with world ranked number two surfing for his third

world title and attempting to defend his pipe master's crown against the slight underdog

and world ranked number one. The world title would be decided between the top two surfers

in the final at pipeline, but before I recap the circumstances that led us to the most exciting

season finish since Andy sent Kelly to cry in the shower, I'll remind you that these post-script

episodes are supported by a FinRental service called Fanatic.com. They ship fins to your house.

It's a $10 monthly fee, which not only covers the fin rental,

it also covers the shipping cost back and forth. You keep the fins as long as you want or as

short as you want. You manage a queue on their website. So when you send the fins back, they

automatically ship the next set of fins from your queue. They stock all the fins from all of the major fin

companies. Use our promo code podcast to support this show, and you'll also get your first

month's rental for free. So fanatic.com, our promo code is podcast. Thank you for that, and without

further ado. Here's my post script to the 2019 Bilobong Pipe Masters.

When we left Portugal, it was a five-way race for the title, with Ida Lo Ferreira being the only athlete who controlled his own destiny. Even second-ranked,

two-time world champ, Gabriel Medina couldn't win the world title unless Idleo finished one

position lower. But Idalo had surfed the Pipe Masters four times before, and he'd finished

13th three out of those four times. Contrast that to Gabriel's three finals births and being

the defending pipe master champ and that positions Gabriel as the favored surfer going into the 2019

pipe masters. In an effort to close that chasm, Iolo showed up in Hawaii a month in advance

and was consistently

the first person in the water at Pipeline daily in all variety of conditions, logging more hours

than anyone else, CT Surfer or local. Gabriel, on the other hand, took the time between events

...