Michel Bourez

Actor

Every winter on the seven mile stretch of North Shore Oahu, the best surfers in the world come to charge the infamous Bonzai Pipeline, the one wave on the planet that can spring a young surferÂ’s career into superstardom. The Arena follows one manÂ’s journey to the 7 mile stretch to discover what it takes to earn respect among the top riders who have mastered the North Shore. Capturing all the action as the drama unfolds upon one of surfingÂ’s most aggressive and hostile regions, The Arena goes into the North Shore scene of massive parties, brawls, beautiful women, and paradise capturing all that makes the North Shore, the most intense ad out-of control surf scene in the world. In one of the best Hawaiian surf seasons, discover who claimed supremacy over the seven miles stretch and who was denied in The Arena: North Shore

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The Arena: North Shore (2009)

he was crowned European Surf Champion in 2006 before setting out on the Qualifying Series. He joined the Championship Pro @Tour in 2009 after securing his first of many wins on Oahu's North Shore in November of 2008 at the Reef Hawaiian Pro. Bourez feels right at home in powerful Pacific reef waves, and he drills that point home every winter in Hawaii. He won the Hawaiian Pro again in 2013 and finished runner-up twice at Sunset Beach (2011, 2013) before finally winning the Vans World Cup there in 2014. The Sunset win was a huge bonus considering he'd won two Championship Tour events that year (Margaret River and Rio) and finished the year ranked No. 5 on the Jeep Leaderboard. In 2016, Bourez became just the fourth surfer in history to win at three Hawaiian stops by taking the win at the Pipe Masters. Mark Richards, Gary Elkerton, and the late Andy Irons are the only other members of that club.