Two-time world champion Tyler Wright won her first WSL event since 2023. (Getty Images: Ben Thouard, File)
In short:
Tyler Wright won the Pipe Pro event for the second time in her career.
Wright defeated Caitlin Simmers in the final to claim her first WSL event win since 2023.
Kelly Slater exited the men's event at the quarterfinal stage.
Australia's Tyler Wright has made surfing history, becoming the first woman to win Hawaii's iconic Pipe Pro event twice as she snapped her title drought.
Wright beat defending world champion Caitlin Simmers in a low-scoring final on Sunday (AEDT) at Banzai Pipeline.
The two-time world champion won the first women's Pipe Pro in 2020 and American Simmers triumphed last year.
Simmers was shut down on a wave with a minute left in the final, with Wright winning 7.70 to 3.94.
Wright only finished 10th last season and had not won a round of the World Surf League since the 2023 Bells Beach event.
After beating 2023 world champion Caroline Marks in their quarterfinal, Wright dispatched another American, Lakey Peterson, 15.17 to 9.83 to reach the decider.
Simmers beat Australian Molly Picklum in their semifinal.
Eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater was knocked out in the quarterfinals of the men's event, a day after the American great posted his 100th win at Pipeline.
AAP