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Jan
Archive for the ‘Surfing & SUP’ Category
22
Jan
Surf Video – RIGHTS
Clips by Chris Papaleo and Noah Alani
Mia Belluche’s holiday season started off just as you’d expect for a 20-something beach bum from Oahu’s sleepy east shore—by setting off for a Thanksgiving weekend surf trip to Kauai.
But the holiday would soon take a dramatic turn for the worse. The day before Thanksgiving, a freak surfing accident sent Belluche to the hospital with a punctured right eye. Doctors were unable to repair the damage to her eye and ocular nerves, leaving no choice but to remove it completely.
One would think that after losing an eye while surfing, the last thing Belluche would want to … More
The potentially dangerous giant waves, forecast at 40- to 50-feet (12-15 meters), are expected to hit the island of Kauai at midnight local time on Tuesday and arrive on Oahu shores at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
Organizers of a prestigious big wave surf contest that had been planned for Wednesday said they were postponing the event despite the once-in-a-decade wave heights, citing unfavorable wind conditions.
“The wave quality will be very poor because of the strong sideshore and onshore winds, which dramatically deteriorate conditions,” said Jodi Wilmott, an organizer of the event, Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau invitational … More