Waimea Bay
Hallowed surf break located on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii; big-wave riding's main stage from the late 1950s to the early '90s. The Waimea season usually lasts from late fall to early spring, in response to swells produced by giant North Pacific storms. Waves begin to fringe on the Waimea reef at about 10 or 12 feet, but regulars don't think of it as "real" until it's 15 feet, and some won't bother until it's at least 18 feet. Waves 30 feet or bigger are unridable as they closeout across ...
Encyclopedia of Surfing
- Abellira, Reno
- Aikau, Clyde
- Aikau, Eddie
- Baker, Grant “Twiggy”
- Benson, Linda
- Billabong Pro (North Shore)
- Bradshaw, Ken
- Briley, Shawn
- Brown, Woody
- Browne, Bud
- Burns, Ronnie
- Clarke-Jones, Ross
- Cole, Peter
- Cross, Dickie
- Curren, Pat
- Davis, Dale
- death and surfing
- Doerner, Darrick
- Dorian, Shane
- Duke Kahanamoku Invitational
- Ellis, Bryce
- Endless Summer, The
- Espere, Tiger
- Foo, Mark
- Gabeira, Maya
- Grigg, Rick
- Healey, Mark
- Ho, Michael
- Hollinger, Kimo
- Jaws
- Johnson, Noah
- Jones, James
- Kinimaka, Titus
- Kuga, Takao
- Little, Brock
- Loehr, Greg
- Long, Greg
- Mavericks
- Moniz, Tony
- Neece, Jim
- Noll, Greg
- Pipeline
- Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, The
- Ride the Wild Surf
- Riding Giants
- Schmidt, Richard
- Smirnoff Pro-Am
- Sunset Beach
- tow surfing
- Trent, Buzzy
History of Surfing
Interviews
Blog
- KIMO HOLLINGER: THE LAST BIG WAVE
- 1986 BILLABONG PRO: BRYCE ELLIS JUST SAYS “NO” TO WAIMEA BAY
- LONG READ: “THE DIVIDED RULERS OF WAIMEA BAY,” BY MATT WARSHAW
- READ: DARRICK DOERNER PROFILE BY BRUCE JENKINS. “I NEVER FEEL CLOSER TO MYSELF THAN WHEN IT’S 30-FOOT”
- READ: MARK FOO’S 1985 “OCCURRENCE AT WAIMEA BAY”
- WAIMEA ’57: THE PLAYERS
- WAIMEA ’57: “WE FEW . . . WE SHIT-SCARED BUT HAPPY FEW”
- BOMBS AWAY! MICHAEL HO, WAIMEA, 1985
- “JOCK’S NIGHT TRIP,” BY ALLAN WEISBECKER. 1969, BIG WAVES, SHORT BOARDS, ORANGE SUNSHINE
- “THE ULTIMATE THRILL,” MARK FOO PROFILE BY MATT WARSHAW (1987)
- MARK FOO INTERVIEW: MORE HUSTLING MEANS MORE SURFING
- LONG READ: “THE BAY: WAIMEA BAY IS STILL DEFINING THE SURFER’S CONCEPTS OF MASS, VOLUME, POWER AND SANITY,” BY ALLSTON JAMES
- “THE NATION OF KEN,” BY BRUCE JENKINS
- SMIRNOFF 1974: “IT LEAVES YOU BREATHLESS,” BY RENO ABELLIRA
Sunday Joint
- SUNDAY JOINT, 4-11-2021: PAUL THEROUX DROPS INTO “WAIMEA”
- SUNDAY JOINT, 4-18-2021: BRADSHAW’S DUKE TROPHY IS GOING, GOING, GONE. OR IS IT?
- SUNDAY JOINT, 7-4-2021: GREG NOLL IS NOW CHARGING IN VALHALLA
- SUNDAY JOINT, 1-8-2023: BIG TIME, OR JUST TOO DAMN BIG
- SUNDAY JOINT, 1-29-2023: PAT CURREN AND THE OUTER LIMITS OF COOL
Videos
- 1974 Smirnoff Pro, Waimea Bay
- 1986 Quiksilver / Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational (long version)
- 1986 Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, Waimea Bay (short version)
- 2009 Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau, Waimea Bay
- Brock Little
- Brock Little's Big Wave at the 1990 Eddie
- Brock Little, Teenage Kicks
- Brock Little: 1967 - 2016
- Clyde Aikau
- Dungeons, 2013
- Early days on the North Shore, from "Riding Giants"
- Eddie Aikau
- First Day at Waimea, from “Liquid Stage” (1996)
- First Day at Waimea, from “Riding Giants” (2004)
- James Jones
- Ken Bradshaw
- Keone Downing
- Mark Foo
- Pat Curren
- Peter Cole
- Ride the Wild Surf: The Remix
- Swell of 1983: Waimea Bay
- Todos Santos, 1990s
- Tommy Lee in "Angry Sea"
- Waimea '67, from "Sunshine Sea"
- Waimea Bay in "Golden Breed" (1967)
- Waimea Bay, 1974