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Melissa Woods and Murray Wenzel

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Pipe pro defending champion robinson makes early exit - What They Never Told You

Australia's Ethan Ewing is making his presence felt at the Pipe Pro in Hawaii. (HANDOUT/WORLD SURF LEAGUE)

Defending champion Jack Robinson has become a shock Pipe Pro casualty, but Ethan Ewing emerged as the lone Australian male standing after the season-opening event in Hawaii resumed.

West Australian pipe specialist Robinson was taken out in the round of 32 by Morocco's Ramzi Boukhiam in a tight clash, with last season's tour runner-up Ewing moving into the quarter-finals for the first time.

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