MIKE DOYLE ON THE HARD MATH AND EVEN HARDER POLITICS OF THE MAKAHA CONTEST 1/28/20

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…