The 2026 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout Is On Today

8 feet at 13 seconds of northwest swell, light wind, and Backdoor currently looks playful.

Unfortunately, this year, Pipe has yet to show up for the Shootout, and it doesn’t look like it will before the end of the waiting period on Jan 16th. 

However, rumor has it that they may get a waiting period extension to score over the coming weekend. Pretty unheard of in Hawaii. We’ll keep you updated. 

Click above to watch live and scroll below to see the teams.

Per usual, eight teams of five get to surf Pipeline six times during various rounds, with each individual surfer’s top three waves overall being counted. And because some waves at Pipe are that crazy, the scoring scale goes to 12.

SHORTBOARD TEAMS:

TEAM NAVE:
Makai McNamara | Legend Chandler | Kona Oliveira | Guile Johannpeters | Mananalu Chandler

TEAM DA BOYZ:
Billy Kemper | Kala Grace | Sheldon Paishon | Kala DeSoto | Noah Beschen

TEAM PERU:
Alvaro Malpartida | Joaquin Del Castillo | Alonso Correa | Cristobal De Col | Bastian Pierce  | Noah De Col

SNAPT 5:
Mason Ho | Benji Brand | Parker Coffin | Seth Moniz | Connor Coffin | Taro Watanabe (Alt)

TEAM JAPAN:
Shinpei Horiguchi | Riaru Ito | Kenshin Matsunaga | Isamu Sumi | Riku Matsumoto | Shogo Harada

VOLCOM:
Makana Pang | Noa Deane | Balaram Stack | Jake Maki | Maikai Burdine | Steve Roberson

A NEW EARTH PROJECT:
Jamie O’Brien | Koa Smith | Moana Jones Wong | Shayden Pacarro | Luke Tema (Alt)