Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, HAWAII - January 26, 2011 -- Hawaii's John John Florence started surfing the deadly Banzai Pipeline at age eight and barely four feet tall -- about the same time the surfing world's spotlight fell in love with him. Ten years later, at 18 years of age and heaped with expectation, he proved there hasn't been an ounce of energy wasted on him, winning the $120,000 Volcom Pipe Pro title at his home break today. An Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) five-star event, this was exactly the kind of springboard into professional surfing that Florence has long dreamed of, and it came in the first rated event of his first season on tour.

RESULTS:
-FINAL-
1. John John Florence (HAW) - 18.36, $16,000
2. Jamie O'Brien (HAW) - 15.34, $8,000
3. Chris Ward (USA) - 14.46, $6,000
4. Aamion Goodwin (HAW) - 10.6, $5,000