Joel Parkinson Wins 2nd Vans Triple Crown of Surfing Title
Posted 12/16/2009 02:43:00 by i am vans
After 11 years on the ASP World Tour, Australia's Taj Burrow hit major pay dirt today in the Billabong Pipe Masters, winning $90,000 after taking down reigning and six-time Pipe Masters champion Kelly Slater in the final. This was Slater's 14th final in his 19 years of competing here and Taj's first.
Burrow, 31, received $40,000 from Billabong for the win, and an unprecedented $50,000 bonus from Vans, as well as a $10,000 custom Nixon watch and a hand-shaped surfboard trophy by Pipeline legend Gerry Lopez. The Billabong Pipe Masters is the third and final stop of the $1,000,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, and concludes an overwhelmingly successful big wave pro surfing season on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.
Burrow, 31, received $40,000 from Billabong for the win, and an unprecedented $50,000 bonus from Vans, as well as a $10,000 custom Nixon watch and a hand-shaped surfboard trophy by Pipeline legend Gerry Lopez. The Billabong Pipe Masters is the third and final stop of the $1,000,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing series, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, and concludes an overwhelmingly successful big wave pro surfing season on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii.