North Shore Surf Contest

1011, 2018

Where are the Surfing Competitions on Oahu

By |November 10th, 2018|Surf Happenings, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Where is the Surfing Competitions on Oahu held?
My surf lesson students are always asking where is the surfing competitions on Oahu?  I get asked these questions so many times one would think the Hawaii Tourism Board would be paying me a salary or at least the Triple Crown of Surfing could.  A surfer girl can dream right. But, I digress.  Most surfers know that it’s the North Shore where the most prestigious surfing competitions on Oahu are. The Pipeline is the home of the famous Pipe Master’s surfing contest which is usually the last event on the Pro Surfing World Tour.  Sunset beach follows a distant second as a favorite location where surfing competitions are on Oahu.  Sunset Beach or Paumalu as it’s known in Hawaiian has recently suffered severe erosion problems.  This beach is so eroded the City cut down four very tall and loved date palms lining the infamous bike path bordering the shoreline.    Haleiwa Beach Park or Ali’i’s as it’s known to the locals is the 3rd most popular location where surfing competitions are on Oahu.  Haleiwa Ali’i Beach Park is the first event of Van’s Triple Crown of Surfing, while it is not a full-blown world tour event it’s one of the easiest to watch because there is a lot of parking and only little regional traffic jams.   Haleiwa Ali’i Beach is also home the best surfing contest in the world, the Menehune Contest, which is an annual surfing contest held on the North Shore of Oahu for children under twelve years of age.  This past October’s event hosted some 500 children mostly from the North Shore community.  The Last location where is the surfing competitions on Oahu is the fabled Waimea Bay, home of the Eddie a big wave surfing contest.  For years and years, this was the only surfing competition held there, but for the last two years we have seen permit’s issued for a women’s version of the event.  Last year the event almost ran, but due to lack of big surf in the holding period, it was not run.

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710, 2012

No North Shore Surf Contest Calander for Pro Surfing events on the North Shore…

By |October 7th, 2012|Surf Happenings|0 Comments

While the North Shore of Oahu is the official Surfing Capitol of the World no one knows the dates of the professional and amateur surfing contest held annually each year.  Not the event directors, competitors, sponsors or the media.  For that matter even the government has no idea of what the actual dates are.  Why is is?  It seems strange considering the huge number of people that could use that information to better plan their lives.  The challenge is that in the “real world”  people need time to plan.  For example if an athlete is going to travel halfway around they need some lead time to get travel visas, etc.  Another challenge is in obtaining sponsorship.  It’s very challenging to find a “big” sponsor when as the promoter you only have a couple of months lead time because you don’t know the dates of your event.  I could go on and on but you get the picture….welcome to Hawaii….

103, 2012

North Shore Surf's up for the Girls at the SeaHawaii Womens Pro at Pipeline Starts March 1, 2012

By |March 1st, 2012|Surf Happenings|0 Comments

March 1, 2012, marks the beginning of the 9 day holding period for the the Sea Hawaii Women’s Pro at Pipeline.  The event is the only women’s surfing event held at the famous Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu.  Held on the best 3-days of surf over the course of it’s 9 day window, the best way to find out if the event is off or on is to check in with the Surf News Network after 8:00 am daily.

The event features the following divisions and prize purses:

USBA Women’s Bodyboarding Pro  $2,000.00 Purse
ASP One Star Shortboard Women’s Pro $10,000.00 Purse
ASP Two Star Jr. Womens Pro  $3,000.00 Purse
ASP Two Star Men’s  Jr. Pro  $10,000.00 Purse

Honolulu City and County Mayor, Peter Carlisle w/ athletes from the SeaHawaii Womens Pro. Please note learning to surf at Pipeline is not recommended. We keep our surfing lessons fun and safe by teaching in a protected cove when the the surf is big on the North Shore of Oahu.