Most of the tour surfers were already at home for the break but ASL was there as a pre-Christmas pulse hit the North Shore ... and Pipeline was perfect.

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Did you ever wonder why a famous freesurfer with his own Red Bull-sponsored biopic would enter a clip in Innersection? $100,000 is a pretty big carrot to dangle, no matter how big a surf star you are.

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Eric Arakawa is a legendary North Shore shaper who hand crafted many of Andy Irons' boards. More than 12 months after AI's passing a quiver of his unfinished boards still sit in Eric's shaping room as a reminder of the great man.

Eric tells ASL his story.

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"Help! I'm in a nutshell! How did I get into this bloody great big nutshell? What kind of shell has a nut like this?"

Were you too busy with Christmas parties and shopping over the weekend to catch the epic Billabong Pipe Masters? Well, here's all you need to know...

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Kieren Perrow is the 2011 Billabong Pipe Master and John John Florence wins the overall Vans Triple Crown.

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Day two at Pipe sees more mind boggling action.

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The best start to the Pipe Masters since 1997.

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There's a few sore heads on the North Shore today, not all from last night's Surfer Poll.

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The North Shore is lighting up ... and ASL manages to pin Jamie O'Brien down at his house at Pipeline just long enough for a chat.

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