It's that time of year again where the team head to the North Shore for the Triple crown. Some of them deal with re-qualifying on the CT, others are just qualifying and the youngest are just here to get more experience, Hawaiian style.

Stoked on his 3rd place and getting those more than ever needed WQS points at the Reef Hawaiian Pro, Jeremy Flores is also on the list of invitees to the Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the big wave invitational and Jeremy being invited for his third year running since winning the Pipeline Masters at Bonzai Pipeline in 2010.

Not scared off by the crowded line-ups, best mates Leonardo Fioravanti and Kanoa Igarashi have been going guts for glory and making their mark for the younger team riders staying at the Quik house.

Leo riding another foam ball.

Kanoa answering back.

Needing high results at Sunset, Aritz (above) and Tiago (below) fine tuning their game plan with just under a week to go until the 2nd stage of the Triple Crown kicks off. We've got plenty more behind the scenes madness from the North Shore coming up, follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for all the latest.