Here is the second episode in Red Bull's Who is J.O.B. 2.0, which follows Jamie O'brien's 2011/2012 North Shore season.

The first episode covered Haleiwa and Sunset, and now we have a look at the event of Jamie's season, the Pipe Masters.

Despite being considered the favorite out at pipe by many people, including himself, Jamie fell short of hoisting another Pipe Masters trophy this season.

If there's one thing the internet has taught me, it's that people love to be outraged. Love it.

Example number infinity: Jamie O'brien recently had his way with a green sea turtle. (pictured) Now, the media is in an uproar. People are outraged.

Turtles are a protected species in Hawaii, so feeding, petting, capturing, and especially romancing one, are strictly prohibited. Like $13,200 in fines- prohibited.

The laws are there to protect the animals, which I can understand, but in this case the turtle is obviously fine. Maybe if there were photos of the two smoking a cigarette afterwards, then I could see PETA getting involved.

No word yet on if any legal action will be taken towards Mr. O'brien.

Watch the outraged news reports here.

For pro surfers who don't spend their year chasing points on the WQS or WCT, securing good video parts is basically their job. And for these free-surfers, winning best performance may as well be the world title. This year's nominees for best performance are: Julian Wilson - Scratching the Surface, Jordy Smith - Modern Collective, Jamie O'brien - Who is JOB, Andy Irons - High 5, Dane Reynolds for Seen/Unseen.



Julian Wilson's biopic Scratching the Surface was a much hyped and much anticipated film this year. With huge financial backing from Red Bull and Quiksilver, exotic locations and incredible photography were on display throughout the film. This being Julian's first film about himself, and with million dollar cameras rolling, one could expect some jitters, but Julian truly shows his bag of tricks in this movie, from slabs to jaws, power hacks and the most technical aerial trickery.



Few would argue that Kai Neville's Modern Collective set the bar for performance this past year. The cast was hand picked to be the most progressive and stylish aerial pilots in the sea, the likes of Dusty Payne, Yadin Nicol, Dane Reynolds, Mitch Coleborn all showed up in front of Neville's lens to stomp some of the biggest and most technical airs ever caught on film. And Jordy Smith steals the movie. His amplitude, style, and consistency is absolutely mind blowing.



Who is J.O.B.? Well more than any of his other videos about himself, that question is answered in this film. Up to this point most would consider Jamie's previous work as "videos", but with Red Bull's backing, Dayton Likeness editing, and Stab's Charlie Smith directing, this project certainly makes the leap into the "film" category. More than anything else, this film shows how dominant Jamie is in big scary tubes. toying with them like nobody else. Someone needs to put a tube second counter on this thing, he seriously spends half the movie hidden from view in a giant barrel.



Andy Iron High 5 Part 2 from Blake Kueny on Vimeo.

Andy Irons earned himself the closing section in Transworlds newest surf video release High-5, which was no easy feat considering the star studded cast. Sadly it would turn out to be his final curtain call. AI will be remebered for his critical approach and a style that oozed confidence in the heaviest waves. His part in this video is a fitting finale to his final year with us, laden with explosive hacks and some of the longest deepest tubes ever seen.



Seen Unseen - The best of Marine Layer from STAB on Vimeo.

Dane Reynolds in typical Dane Reynolds fashion, has put forth a minimalist, seemingly effortless compilation labeled Seen/Unseen. His personal filmer mini edits the shorts for their blog, Marinelayerproductions, and they decided to compile their favorites and viola! Its refreshing that Dane, who gets his leg humped by the surf media 24 hours a day, always leaves in the waves that he totally kooks. What is startling is what he is able to do on the waves he doesnt blow. His consistency with landing enormous maneuvers on generally crummy waves is absurd. His shuvit to switch-stance top turn almost made me quit surfing forever.

"I know before this movie came out people had forgotten about me or just stopped paying attention, but I'm back," said Jamie. But after three years of filming Who is JOB, Jamie has put himself again in the spotlight. And judging from the finished product, it was well worth the wait. Unlike Jamie O'Brien's first two movies--Freak Showand Freak Side--his new film, Who Is JOB, is a blunt look into what sculpted this barrel-riding virtuoso. We caught up with Jamie to find out how he came from nowhere this month to become a top contender for this year's Best Performance Award at the 2010 SURFER Poll.

Describe the feeling of going to your own film premiere having never seen the finished version?
I was really nervous, because they didn't show me anything. I came into town four days early to watch it, and they started giving me every excuse in the book for why I couldn't see it. And then Charlie [Smith, Who Is JOB Director] told me, "Some of the interviews are pretty harsh. You might want to change some of them, but you can't."

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Volcom has been running the scene at Pipeline for a few years now. It all started with the original volcom house, a small one-story cottage right on the sand at pipe. Almost a decade later, and Volcom now has 2 houses, including Gerry Lopez's famous pipeline fortress, and their own 5-star contest. It should come as no surprise that in their first time running an event at pipeline, they scored some of the best pipe of the season. In the end, it was local favorite Jamie O'brien, who held off fellow Hawaiian Danny Fuller, and Australians Mark Mathews, and Anthony Walsh, in a close final. The event finished up in classic conditions, 6-8 foot (Hawaiian) West peaks detonating on first reef, with ten point rides on offer at both pipe and backdoor.



Jamie O'brien 17.00
Anthony Walsh 14.87
Mark Mathews 14.14
Danny Fuller 12.16