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In addition to the points race to qualify for the 2015 World Championship Tour and rankings points for the Vans Triple Crown, Hawaiian Airlines added another contest to the stakes this season in Hawaii: The Best-in-Class competition, which awards 250,000 air miles to the surfer with the best two-wave total at the end of Triple Crown.

History was made Friday, the last day of the 2014 World Championship Tour (WCT) as Gabriel Medina won Brazil’s first world surfing title on his way to finishing runner-up to Queensland’s Julian Wilson at the Billabong Pipe Masters on Oahu.

Tahiti’s Michel Bourez recorded a stunning victory in triple-overhead waves Friday at the Vans World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach.

Lahaina’s Dusty Payne continued to control the spotlight Wednesday at the Vans World Cup of Surfing, recording one of the highest heat scores of the day in a much-anticipated matchup with current ASP World No. 1 Gabriel Medina of Brazil.

Given the number of surprise eliminations, big wins, and clutch performances that unfolded today at the Target Maui Pro, reflecting on the last day in the future will forever be a gratitude-filled exercise.

Maui’s Billy Kemper posted the second best losing score in round 3 — a 15.50 — as a result of having to battle 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater in Sunday’s action of the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons.