Joshua Moniz

From John John's double barrel 10 in 2011 to Andy Irons winning the 2006 Pipe Masters on his last wave of a super heat with Kelly Slater, we've asked our athletes for their favorite moment in the history of the Billabong Pipe Masters.

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The Magic of Surfing Captured by Eric Sterman | Reel Life

A few years back, fresh footage from surfing's most documented wave – Pipeline – started to emerge. The clips were from Eric Sterman, a young Hawaiian who saw the very early cinematic potential of drone photography.

Fast forward to today, and Eric's work is all over the world – and despite the playing field now being crowded with competitors, his work still stands out for its crispness, control, and especially its creativity

Featuring: Jamie O'Brien, Matahi Drollet, Niccolo Porcella, Nathan Florence, Josh Moniz, Luke Shepardson, Anthony Walsh, Lucca Saldivar, Seth Moniz, John Florence, Oliver Kurtz, Micah Moniz, Ezekiel Lau

For this move of the week, Josh Moniz tees off at his favorite summer time wave on the South Shore of Oahu. The rights at Kewalos provide the perfect section to launch into the prevailing easterly trade winds, and Josh Moniz is one of the best at taking to the air. After completing this first spinner, with a bit of a layback, Josh goes for it once more, this time further tweaking out his rotation, and landing cleanly with ease.

Josh Moniz showed up to Australia without any pants.
He wasn’t, like, naked or anything. He just, “forgot that it got cold in West Oz” and didn’t pack any. Didn’t matter. He wore shorts on land and when he got in the water, that’s when he put on his big boy pants. At just 19, Josh is already an impressive mix of old school Hawaiian power (think Sunny Garcia or, um, his dad, Tony) and new school flair (think Albee Layer or, um, his brother, Seth). His future is bright and probably involves the letters C and T. Until then, here’s his faCTory part.

Here’s an edit of Balaram Stack, Yadin Nicol, Ian Crane, Josh Moniz, Noah Wegrich and Ry Craike. Best day ever indeed.

Seth and Josh Moniz - Drone | Surfing