November is the heart of fall in the northern hemisphere. The North Pacific and North Atlantic are in full wave-production mode, cranking out powerful swells for this half of the globe. In November, ...

The one-day surfing event, named for late North Shore lifeguard and indomitable big-wave surfer Eddie Aikau, goes back to 1984 but has had only 11 runs. The last “Eddie” was held Jan. 22, 2023, when ...

Imagine surfing 10-foot Sunset Beach on anything less than a sturdy 7-foot board. While the on-screen optics may not translate to the masses like Pipeline’s thunderous barrels or Halewia’s off-the-lip ...

There are very few novelty waves on the North Shore of Oahu – aside, perhaps, from the Waimea Bay river mouth, and let’s say, Rubber Duckies. No, the North Shore is mostly home to some of the world’s ...

There are certain surfing spots around the globe that every avid surfer has on their list. Whether drawn by the barrelling Hossegor tubes in France, the Atlantic swells that pound Cornwall or the ...

It’s the wave that beaconed the first migration of surfers from North America to the North Shore in the 1950s. Before Waimea Bay, before Pipeline, it was all about Sunset. Big boards without a leash, ...