The Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters got underway on December 10 in the best conditions Hawaii's North Shore has seen this winter... Sunny skies, thousands of people on the beach and a pumping 10ft (3m) swell charging through Pipeline.<br /><br /><br /><img src=http://ll.broadbandsports.com/png/17483_thumb_0000.png border=0 width=150 height=90 alt="Rip Curl Pro Pipeline Masters - Day 1 Sports Tonight report" />
