Of all the problems attached to the Makaha International Surfing Championships, which was the world’s premier surf contest from the mid-’50s until the debut World Championships in 1964, the most vexing by far was the judging system—and at this point, I don’t think there is anybody left alive who can recall in detail the intersecting…
MIKE DOYLE ON THE HARD MATH AND EVEN HARDER POLITICS OF THE MAKAHA CONTEST
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- INTERVIEW: MIKE DOYLE ON THE BEACH BOYS, JAZZ, AND SOME LIGHT B&E
- 1958 MAKAHA INTERNATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAM
- PAUL GEBAUER, 1964: “WHAT DOES THE CONTEST PROVE?”
- “THE MAKAHA CONTEST IS THE WORST!” BY DEWEY WEBER
- JOHN LIND AND THE ORIGINS OF THE MAKAHA INTERNATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- POSTMORTEM: THE MAKAHA INTERNATIONAL SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS, 1953 – 1973
- MIKE DOYLE REMEMBERS CLUB WAIKIKI: “THE PERUVIANS LOVED WATCHING US GO BERSERK IN THEIR COUNTRY”
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- 1958 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1959 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1963 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1966 Made-For-TV Makaha Event
- 1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1968 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic (full length)
- 1970 Makaha International in "Five Summer Stories"
Contests
- 1953 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1954 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1955 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1956 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1957 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1958 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1959 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1960 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1961 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1962 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1963 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1964 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1965 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1965 SURFER Poll Awards
- 1966 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1967 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 1968 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
- 1968 Makaha International Surfing Championships
- 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