Professor Isaiah Helekunihi Walker hopes to enlighten locals and visitors with his book “Waves of Resistance: Surfing and History in Twentieth Century Hawaii.” Released this summer, the seven-chapter-read is the first piece of literature about the history of modern surfing written from a true Hawaiian perspective.
The book also hopes to shed some light on the controversy between the North Shore locals and the “Bronzed Aussies” in the 1970’s. With the Hawaiian season upon us, and scores of surfers from around the world looking to  … More
Garrett McNamara wasn’t planning to surf on 1 November. “I just didn’t really feel it,” he says. He agreed, however, that he would tow his British friend and fellow big wave surfer, Andrew Cotton, on his jetski.
What happened during that session has already entered surfing lore. Persuaded to take a wave, McNamara, 44, found himself on a freak mountain of water 90ft (30m) high … More
With the winter storm season approaching and big north swells on the way, it’s time for Clark Little to go to work — in what might be the world’s most unusual job for an artist.
Little, a former botanical gardens supervisor and big-wave surfer from Hawaii, has gained fame as an artist photographing monstrous waves at Oahu’s Waimea Bay — from the inside, looking out  … Great pictures and more