Regarded as one of the most fearless surfers of his era, he finished second at The Eddie Aikau Big Wave...
A legendary big-wave surfer and 1968 World Surfing Champion, Hemmings founded The Pipe Masters and the Triple Crown of Surfing....
At 17, he won the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. Between the ages of 21 and 27, he won most...
At age 12, his father arranged a surfing lesson for him with Duke Kahanamoku. In 1957, he won the prestigious...
Known as “Ace Cool,” he was known as the “Evel Knievel” of the big-wave surf world. He became famous for...
Known as “Mr. Pipeline,” he was widely recognized as the best tube rider in the world. He became the Hawai‘i...
The 1972 and 1976 winner of the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. JJ Jones ’70 said he got the nickname...
He’s had a surfing career that spanned more than 25 years on the North Shore, competing in the Triple Crown...
An oceanographer and a top-ranked, big-wave surfer in the 1960s. He could be seen at Waimea with Eddie Aikau, and...
A 1957 Mākaha International surf champion, she recently published a book, “Wave Woman,” about her mother, Betty Pembroke Heldreich Winstedt,...
The former Punahou math teacher and swim coach won the 1958 Mākaha International Surfing Championships and helped shape big-wave riding...