North Shore Surfing

2904, 2020

Day 39ish of Hawaii COVID-19 Surf Sessions.

By |April 29th, 2020|Uncategorized|0 Comments

In January 2020, I remember hearing about China quarantining millions of people and looking out my window, thinking, “I guess I could isolate here. Little did I know that mere weeks later, I would be under some of the strictest quarantine laws in the nation, except for surfing. Hawaii allowed surfing, fishing, and all water sports categorized as essential activities, a testimony to our elected leaders being in touch with the reality of living on an island. The rest of the life in paradise was locked down hard with Kauai leading the way and having a nightly 9:00 PM curfew and mandatory 14-day isolation for all airport arrivals. So with little to do but surf and shop for food, life became pretty simple, fast! With a series of seemingly endless west swells forecast, a daily surf mission with my best friend was the ticket. Dawn patrol started sometime around 8:30 AM after coffee gets consumed and hot water bottles filled for after surf rinsing. Boards and gear tossed into the back on my Nissan surf school truck, and away we went. It was hard passing perfect Pipe each day.  Lucky for us secret right-hander we had designated as our goto […]

2105, 2013

More Things the North Shore Surf Girls Love About Surfing and Living on the North Shore of Oahu

By |May 21st, 2013|More Things the North Shore Surf Girls Love About Surfing and Living on the North Shore of Oahu, Surf Happenings|0 Comments

Surfing on the North Shore can be crowded especially at the more advanced surfing spots…Beginner surfing lessons are usually never crowded because all the pro surfers favor the more advanced surfing breaks on the North Shore. Every once in a few years a special event happens, the South Shore of Oahu including Waikiki has a good south swell and at the same time the North Shore of Oahu has a late winter episode of good surf. This is a North Shore surfers dream come true because all the townies stay in town and us North Shore locals get to enjoy our favorite surfs spots with out the town crowds…

1801, 2011

Surfing Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu – Why Does Anyone Ever Stop?

By |January 18th, 2011|Surfing Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu - Why Does Anyone Ever Stop?|0 Comments

I first paddled out at Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu in the Winter of 1984 and surfed it almost every day it broke for years and years.  I love the place..it’s a super powerful wave, and beautiful beyond comparison.  Surfing Pipe  is  like playing in the very heart of the ocean.  Fast forward to 2011 and a great surf I had there just three days ago, my first for this Winter and one of only 10 times I’ve paddled out to Pipe in the past 3-years.  What happened, why did I stop riding my favorite wave?  Why does anyone stop riding her?  The thrill is still there, though the people have changed – most of them anyway.  We all get older, our lungs won’t let us paddle as fast or hold our breath as long as we get nailed by huge waves…But, that’s not why we stop or slow down our Pipeline addiction.  It’s more of a changing of the guard kind of like – I had my time and now it’s time to make room for the next generation.  Just imagine if no one ever stopped surfing Pipeline, we would have about 5,000 people in the water. […]

2303, 2010

The Only Women's Surfing and Bodyboarding Contest held at the Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu

By |March 23rd, 2010|Surf Happenings, The Only Women's Surfing and Bodyboarding Contest held at the Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu|0 Comments

A very special surfing event happens every year on the North Shore of Oahu. The surfer girls get a day and sometimes two days to themselves at for an all girls surfing contest at the famous Banzai Pipeline.  It’s a perfect way to wrap up a day of surfing lessons with the North Shore Surf Girls Surf School. 

All of the details are below.  Durning the holding period you can check in with the Surf News Network for daily on or off status updates.

What: Pipeline Women’s Pro. The only Women’s  surf  and bodyboarding event held at the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu.

The 21st annual  which started as a  bodyboarding event for the first 19 years, shortboarding, stand up surfing and a longboarding expression session was added when North Shore surfing legend and women’s advocate Betty Depolito to over the event.

When:  April 5 to April 19, 2010 (14-day waiting period)

Where:  North Shore, Hawaii, Ehukai Beach Park, Pipeline surf break.
The North Shore is famous for its waves and surf culture.

Who: The best extreme Women surfers and bodyboarders in the World including surfers from Chili, Puerto Rico, Japan, Venezuela, Australia, England, Ireland, USA, Hawaii, Brazil, France and more!

2302, 2010

North Shore's Best Surfing Beaches

By |February 23rd, 2010|Surf Happenings|0 Comments

The best place to surf on the North Shore depends upon what kind of surfer you are. For beginner surfers Puaena Point and Freddie Land are the best places to go. If your an intermediate surfer any place up to 6 ft, except Pipeline and Rocky Rights. After the surf gets over 6 ft., every surf spot is for experts only, especially Pipeline, Sunset, Haleiwa, Waimea Bay and all outside reefs. The good news is that if your wanting to learn how to surf we teach our surfing lessons in a protected cove, so even when the surf is huge on the outside we have small and safe 1-2 ft., waves to teach you to surf on.

2409, 2009

Winter Surfing Lessons on the North Shore Happening!

By |September 24th, 2009|Surf Happenings, Winter Surfing Lessons on the North Shore is Here!|0 Comments

2108, 2009

North Shore Surfer Jeff Johnson is Surfing in Heaven

By |August 21st, 2009|North Shore Surfer Jeff Johnson passed away on August 17th, RIP|2 Comments

1208, 2009

Hawaiian Surfers are the Happiest!

By |August 12th, 2009|Hawaiian Surfers are Happiest!, Surf Happenings|0 Comments

508, 2009

Summer Surfing on the North Shore is Slipping Away

By |August 5th, 2009|Summer Surfing on the North Shore is Slipping Away, Surf Happenings|0 Comments