Known as “Ace Cool,” he was known as the “Evel Knievel” of the big-wave surf world. He became famous for...
At age 12, his father arranged a surfing lesson for him with Duke Kahanamoku. In 1957, he won the prestigious...
At 17, he won the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. Between the ages of 21 and 27, he won most...
A legendary big-wave surfer and 1968 World Surfing Champion, Hemmings founded The Pipe Masters and the Triple Crown of Surfing....
Regarded as one of the most fearless surfers of his era, he finished second at The Eddie Aikau Big Wave...
A champion surfer, he represented both Outrigger Canoe Club and Hawai‘i in national and international surfing meets. In 1970, he...
A 1957 Mākaha International surf champion, she recently published a book, “Wave Woman,” about her mother, Betty Pembroke Heldreich Winstedt,...
An oceanographer and a top-ranked, big-wave surfer in the 1960s. He could be seen at Waimea with Eddie Aikau, and...
He’s had a surfing career that spanned more than 25 years on the North Shore, competing in the Triple Crown...
The 1972 and 1976 winner of the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. JJ Jones ’70 said he got the nickname...
Known as “Mr. Pipeline,” he was widely recognized as the best tube rider in the world. He became the Hawai‘i...