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Swell of 1983: Waimea Bay

Credits: Scott Dittrich, Steve Soderberg, Gary Capo

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Swell of 1983

History of Surfing

A Beloved Rival
An Exorcism at Waimea
Death at Waimea

Interviews

Cheyne Horan
James Jones

Features

"THE BAY: WAIMEA BAY IS STILL DEFINING THE SURFER'S CONCEPTS OF MASS, VOLUME, POWER AND SANITY," BY ALLSTON JAMES (1990)
SWELL OF '83: RETURN OF THE "BIG, DAMN TERRORIZING WAVE"
THE UNKNOWABLE BOOBY JONES

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 1-8-2023: BIG TIME, OR JUST TOO DAMN BIG
SUNDAY JOINT, 4-18-2021: BRADSHAW’S DUKE TROPHY IS GOING, GOING, GONE. OR IS IT?

Videos

First Day at Waimea, from “Riding Giants” (2004)
Waimea '67, from "Sunshine Sea"
Waimea Bay in "Golden Breed" (1967)
Waimea Bay, 1974

Contests

1973 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
1974 Smirnoff Pro-Am
1975 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
1980 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
1986 Quiksilver / Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational