This article originally ran in the May 1966 issue of SURFER. It has been slightly shortened and edited. * * * Yes, from the viewpoint of the guy out there in the water with the numbered T-shirt, the Makaha contest is the worst in surfing competition: a glaring example why surfing doesn’t have the acknowledgment…
“THE MAKAHA CONTEST IS THE WORST!” BY DEWEY WEBER
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- 1958 MAKAHA INTERNATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM
- “THE MAKAHA CONTEST IS THE WORST!” BY DEWEY WEBER
- PAUL GEBAUER, 1964: “WHAT DOES THE CONTEST PROVE?”
- GREAT SURFERS AGAINST SURF CONTESTS: A GARDEN OF CONTRADICTION
- WEBER VS VELZY: IS THAT A KNIFE IN YOUR TEAM JACKET OR ARE YOU JUST HAPPY TO SEE ME?
- JOHN LIND AND THE ORIGINS OF THE MAKAHA INTERNATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- MIKE DOYLE ON THE HARD MATH AND EVEN HARDER POLITICS OF THE MAKAHA CONTEST
- POSTMORTEM: THE MAKAHA INTERNATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1953 – 1973
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- 1966 Made-For-TV Makaha Event
- 1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1970 Makaha International in "Five Summer Stories"
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- 1954 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1955 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1956 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1957 Makaha International Surfing Championships
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- 1959 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1960 Makaha International Surfing Championships
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- 1964 Makaha International Surfing Championships
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- 1965 Malibu Invitational
- 1967 Makaha International Surfing Championships
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- 1969 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1970 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1971 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1972 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1974 Makaha International Surfing Championships