Oʻahu’s North Shore attracts professional surfers from around the world, lured by the massive swells that arrive every winter. But it’s also become a top destination for nonsurfers, with top-notch restaurants, trendy cafés and chic boutiques, all of which can be a bit pricey. However, you don’t have to spend a cent to have a […]
Hawaiʻi native Carissa Moore, the five-time world surfing champion and first-ever Olympic surfing gold medalist, will be stepping away from the sport after the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. On Instagram the 31-year-old posted: “This is by no means the end. I’d like to think of this instead as an evolution, the start of the
This story was originally published on Jan. 24, 2023. It’s not every day the prestigious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational happens at Waimea Bay on Oʻahu’s North Shore. In fact, in 34 years, the surf contest, which requires wave faces to be consistently larger than 40 feet (measured from the front of the wave)
The monster surf has long lured spectators to Hawaiʻi in the winter months. It’s not unusual for traffic to crawl along Kamehameha Highway on Oʻahu’s North Shore, as people craned their necks to watch the huge waves roll in. The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational—arguably the most anticipated surf meet in the Islands—attracts thousands of people to
After enduring a chain of financial troubles, loss of sponsors and lack of sizable swells, Hawaiʻi’s premier big-wave surf event, The Eddie, has had one more hurdle to deal with—COVID-19. The Aikau ʻohana (family) officially decided to cancel The Eddie Big Wave Invitational for the 2020-2021 winter season. And although it’s sad that the event will have no
How is it that the Have Aloha Will Travel podcast is already on its 20th episode? The weeks have really flown by. For this special episode, Cat and Kevin talk to a very special guest—of course, all of our guests are special—Michael Wilson, who works as an exhibit designer for Bishop Museum on Oahu. His
“Paddle, paddle, paddle!” Dustin Tester shouts to Elena, who digs her hands swiftly into the warm Maui waters. With a gentle push from Tester, the board Elena is lying atop gets picked up by the oncoming wave’s momentum, and now she’s coasting. Slow, but steady to her feet, Elena stands on her large, foam surfboard—
