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Swell of 1969

Credits: Curt Mastalka, John Severson, Peter French, stacy peralta

Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • Honolua Bay
  • North Shore, Oahu
  • Swell of 1969
History of Surfing
  • The Last Big Wave
Features
  • "STORM WAVE WIPES OUT CHAMP SURFER," HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN, DECEMBER 5, 1969
  • "THE LAST WAVE" BY GREG NOLL (1989)
  • 1969 SURFER POLL READER'S BALLOT
  • DREW KAMPION: "1969: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED"
  • EXCERPT FROM "HANG DEAD HAWAIIAN STYLE" BY PATRICK MORGAN (1969)
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 1-6-2019: WAS GREG NOLL'S "THE LAST BIG WAVE" OUR FIRST GREAT HOAX?
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 1-8-2023: BIG TIME, OR JUST TOO DAMN BIG
Videos
  • 16 or Bust: the Super-Narrow Boards of 1969
  • Greg Noll, Makaha '69, From "Riding Giants" (2003)