Pipeline in winter really has no parallel. Storms from across the Pacific roll their ways onto its shallow reefs, with hordes of surfers from across the globe packing the lineup to catch their lickings or get their glory. For decades now, Gavin Beschen has been at center of it all — If he wasn’t paddling through the pack, setting up a signature Beschen bottom-turn on a Second Reef bomb, he was just across the street at home, where he lived with his family for years, close enough to hear the rumble of the surf.
