http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com Thu, 10 May 2012 21:31:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en State Championships kicked off at Bowls 2 weekends ago and they scored some pretty nice 3-4 foot waves during the contest. Have not been able to get any real results from the contest yet, but I know Mike Akima got one of the best waves of the day in between ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/05/10/town-coming-awake-as-country-dies-down/ Since my last post, which recorded my own personal encounter with a shark at Pipe the morning after Joshua Holley was bitten at Leftovers, I learned of several other shark sightings. On that very same day, I heard of other encounters at Off the Wall, Sunset and Chuns reef. These ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/17/april-surprise/ This morning when I paddled out to Pipe, I had pretty much put yesterday's shark attack out of my mind. There has never been a shark attack at Pipe and we often think of it as one of the less sharky spots because it is one of the furthest spots ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/04/04/shark-patrol/ Right in the middle of last weeks wild weather, they held the Women's Pipeline Pro. With the persistence of N-NE swells, the contest was forced to move to Ehukai. It convinced right in the middle of a high flood warning, severe thunderstorm warning, 3 road closures, several school closures, reports ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/03/18/contest-pau-waves-pau/ The Sea Hawai‘i Women's Pipe Pro is on today in hazardous conditions. The surf is onshore 3-5 ft and too north for Pipeline so it is actually the Ehukai Pro this year. I am sure contestants began their adventure as they drove to the Northshore this morning from all sides ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/03/09/seahawaii-womens-pipe-pro/ After over a month of boogie invaders, Jeff Hubbard claimed his second consecutive Pipe title. Jeff is a local Hawai‘i surfer who is well respected by the Hawai‘i surf community at large. He surfs Pipe every swell. Check out his web page www.hubbbodyboarding.com As with all the other contests ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/02/25/jeff-hubbard-takes-2nd-pipe-title/ After the Volcom Pipe Pro, we had one big storm swell that provided two days of really disorganized Pipe. It was not much of a problem for the onslaught of boogie boarders that are here for the Pipe challenge which starts in 2 days. There has been a stand up ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/02/13/a-pipe-day-for-the-freesurfers/ Lifeguard Bouvey Bradbury won the Bum Rush Contest at Makaha today. He came in from a early surf and as he went to check into the lifeguard tower he was awarded a $1000 check from Sun Bum. I know Bouvey from surfing Banyans back in the day when we both ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/02/03/bum-rush-alert/ After the Backdoor Shootout, the waves dropped and small perfect waves prevailed through most of the ten day gap between contests. It was fun surf for everyone. Unfortunately however, the next solid swells occurred right on time for the influx of bodyboarders and surfers who came to practice for ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/02/03/epic-volcom-pipe-pro/ January has been good to Northshore surfers. After a long wait, January 4th delivered the first Waimea swell all season. For the most part, waves were in the 15 foot range, but there were some 18 foot sets and some say there were freak 20 footers. The Backdoor Shootout followed ... http://pipeline.staradvertiserblogs.com/2012/01/16/surf-season-finally-underway/