Random Thoughts on the Big Surf
I got a chance to cover the big surf on Oahu's north shore today. While it is big, it was a bit smaller than the original forecast of 30 to 40 foot face waves, with the occasional 50 footer on the...
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The Day Before Eddie Went
With photographer Rick Pike, broadcasting live the day before the meetChecking the waves at the Bay"] Just a few photos, courtesy of a friend of mine, from Monday, December 7th. The bay was almost...
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Eddie Went!
With Luke & Guy Hagi and Malika Dudley; Luke was so stoked about getting Kelly Slater's autograph"]The gauntlet of motor vehicles, parked cars, bicycles, mopeds, pedestrians, skateboards and the...
View ArticleThe " Demonstration Tsunami "
I'm going to use Howard Dicus' phrase to describe what we were calling a "tsunami scare" during our coverage yesterday. As he put it it, there was "enough unnatural wave action to show there had been...
View ArticleBack, and just in time for the apocalypse
I don't make New Year's resolutions, but now is as good a time as any to return to this blog and start posting again. And we're going to kick 1.11.11 off with the end of the world, a little ahead of...
View ArticleCatching up: A New Year's Eve Video!
The holidays were a complete blur, especially since I worked all the way through the period, including the major ones: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. So I've...
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Big Brown Waves, and a Traffic Jam
While thousands of people were jamming Kamehameha Hwy. to check out the big north shore surf, photographer Oscar Valenzuela and I decided to check out the west side, where the west-northwest direction...
View ArticleReady for Eddie
For the past couple of afternoons I've been getting text messages from "The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau," with updates on whether The Eddie will Go. As of this writing, it looks very likely...
View ArticleNo Eddie, but still a nice day
After workers, surfers and spectators spent all that time preparing Wednesday night, there was no Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave surf meet at Waimea Bay. And most people agree that having...
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The Big Blizzard
While we've had quite a few cold fronts move through the islands this wet season, it's definitely nothing compared to the huge snowstorm that blanketed the mainland. Just as a comparison, here's what...
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