Jack Robinson’s perfect 10! Ola Eleogram hunting for a board just before his heat! Navigating Sunset’s exploding shorebreak! When you hear a good story or see a great photo, like any of the aforementioned, you can’t help but share it. Thus, we’ve covered such storylines from the start of the 2015 Triple Crown season: the HIC Pro. Didn’t know Ian Walsh’s thoughts on his $16,000 1st place prize purse? Find out here! Interested to see why (2014’s HIC Pro winner) Danny Fuller’s style in and out of the water is best described as poetic? Here you go! Our tan photographers spent much of the post-contest weekend discussing these topics while clicking and editing and cropping through a vat of compiled contest images (indeed, they shot from the water despite proper Sunset conditions). Like a good story, we couldn’t keep these all to ourselves. And we hope you don’t either. – Cash Lambert
Alex Smith. Photo: Heff
Caddy conversation. Photo: Heff
Barron Mamiya. Photo: Heff
Benji Brand. Photo: Heff
Kala Alexander. Photo: Heff
Billy Kemper. Photo: Heff
Billy Kemper. Photo: Keoki
Billy Kemper. Photo: Keoki
Bruce Irons. Photo: Keoki
Bruce Irons. Photo: Keoki
Cristobal Del Col. Photo: Keoki
Sunset. Photo: Heff
Danny Fuller. Photo: Heff
Dylan Goodale. Photo: Heff
Eala Stewart. Photo: Heff
Hank Gaskell. Photo: Heff
Hank Gaskell. Photo: Heff
Sunset. Photo: Heff
Sunset. Photo: Heff
Sunset. Photo: Heff
Ian Walsh. Photo: Heff
Ian Walsh. Photo: Heff
Ian Walsh. Photo: Heff
Ian Walsh. Photo: Heff
Ian Walsh. Photo: Keoki
Ian Walsh. Photo: Keoki
Isaiah Moniz. Photo: Heff
Jack Robinson. Photo: Heff
Jack Robinson. Photo: Keoki
Jack Robinson. Photo: Keoki
Joel Centeio. Photo: Keoki
Photo: Heff
Kaito Kino. Photo: Heff
Kaito Kino. Photo: Heff
Kalani David. Photo: Heff
Kamalei Alexander. Photo: Heff
Photo: Keoki
Koa Smith. Photo: Heff
Koa Smith. Photo: Heff
Mitch Parkinson. Photo: Heff
Mitch Parkinson. Photo: Heff
Mitch Parkinson. Photo: Heff
Noa Mizuno. Photo: Heff
Ola Eleogram. Photo: Heff
Ola Eleogram. Photo: Heff
Saxon Lumsden. Photo: Heff
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Photo: Heff
Sunny Garcia. Photo: Heff
Sunny Garcia. Photo: Heff
Sunny Garcia. Photo: Heff
Sunny Garcia. Photo: Heff
Sunny Garcia. Photo: Heff
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Photo: Heff
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