gut-check of a barrel ride known as Backdoor. Slater had been surfing it out of his mind during the opening rounds of the Billabong Pipe Pro (the prestige kickoff event of the World Surf League ...

Dino thought McNamara might be interested in visiting Nazaré and scoping out the wave, and perhaps might dare to ride it ... riding the 30-footers of Banzai Pipeline and finally the biggest ...