Another lay day has been called at the season-ending men's World Surf League event in Hawaii.
Small surf, reaching no more than a metre, at the famed break of Pipeline on Oahu's north shore on Sunday (Monday AEDT) caused organisers to once again delay the start of the sudden-death round three at the iconic event which will decide this year's world title.
"Small surf again today but were looking at some good swell coming this week," WSL Commissioner Kieren Perrow said.
"We'll be back tomorrow to make another assessment, but it's looking like the swell will begin to fill in on Tuesday."
Australia's Mick Fanning, top of the standings, is shooting for his fourth world crown, but will need to stave off a number of Brazilian challengers: Filipe Toledo, Adriano De Souza and Gabriel Medina.
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Medina will be first in the water when competition commences against South Africa's Jordy Smith while Fanning faces 32-year-old Hawaiian Jamie O'Brien, who grew up near Banzai Pipeline and won the Masters in 2004.
PIPELINE MASTERS ROUND 3 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Heat 2: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Keanu Asing (HAW)
Heat 3: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. CJ Hobgood (USA)
Heat 4: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 5: Mick Fanning (AUS) vs. Jamie O'Brien (HAW)
Heat 6: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Taj Burrow (AUS)
Heat 7: Filipe Toledo (BRA) vs. Mason Ho (HAW)
Heat 8: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 9: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Sebastian Zeitz (HAW)
Heat 10: Julian Wilson (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 11: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Adrian Buchan (AUS)
Heat 12: Adriano De Souza (BRA) vs. Glenn Hall (IRL)
