Tying the heat with a score of 19.77 to 19.77, John John Florence and Kelly Slater’s semi final match-up at Teahupoo this week will go down in the history books as the pinnacle of tube riding performances for years to come.

You can’t help but feel for John John who keeps missing out against Kelly by the slightest of margins. Their match-up at the Pipe Masters last year also saw Kelly clinch the title by a mere whisker. In this case, it was Kelly’s perfect 10 point ride that would give him the nudge as the highest scoring single wave of the heat.