Dates are locked in for the first stop of the 2010 IBA World Tour at arguably the worlds most famous wave, the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Hawaii. From the 16th till the 26th of February the world’s best bodyboarders will converge and compete in bodyboarding’s longest running event which started back in 1982. Twenty seven years later and it is still the most coverted title a bodyboarder can hold besides the the world title. To have your name up alongside the list of greats such as 9 x Pipeline Champion Mike Stewart, Guilherme Tamega, Steve ”bullet” Mackenzie, Eppo, Andre Botha, Damien King and Ryan Hardy has always been a goal for any aspiring professional bodyboarder. Come the 16th of February Pipeline will become the focus of the bodyboarding world!