Ma'alaea Puppy

[Admin]

[Mauiguy]

Uh oh! No-go GoPro!

Video all buss up.

[Deb]

I got to see this video earlier today - kind-of amazing considering the size of the waves. There seem to be mixed opinions though that what he was doing wasn't safe, and that he was being a sup wave hog versus he's obviously been surfing there a long time and very cool.
Deb

[Admin]

Yeah, they pulled it.  Picture this one, but Standup with a puppy on the nose

[Mauiguy]

Thanks for posting that second vid.  I remember that swell.  I had just moved here from NY earlier in the year and just learned how to surf.  I took a pretty good pounding at Cove Park and decided this one was a little beyond my league.  They said it was the biggest south swell on Maui in a decade.  It was also the swell that broke loose the giant coral head and deposited it right in the middle of the inside section.  Later it managed to get pushed further down towards the left shoulder where it remains to this day - like a permanent monument. 

I remember watching this swell at Freight Trains from the safety and comfort of the lawn in front of the condos.  I had my Steiner binoculars and watched these guys tube riding in drop jawed amazement.  The inside reef near the steps where people launched from was a sea of foam and by that I mean Clark foam and fiberglass bits from the remains of dozens of busted up surfboards.   For 3 days straight the place had ambulances carting people away to Maui Memorial Hospital.  I saw people coming out of the water with all kinds of nasty surf injuries.   Not a pretty sight.  At the same time there were guys like Steve Cooney, Matt Kenoshita, and Loyd Ishimini pulling in and getting massive barrels and making it look easy.   I have to think they were in some of this footage.  Once again, thanks for locating and posting this.  It sure brings back some memories.

Aloha!

Gary

[Big Island Mike]

I remember that. On the big day, scary, and all the mysto breaks going off. Coral Gardens, at the Lahaina side of the Pali was a left point!!! Honokowai looked like Indo... I surfed at that spot out at the top of the hill at the biginning of the Pali road (can't remember the name) it was perfect. Then after the big day, the boulder just showed up out of no where. I heard the best spot was in front of Maui Leu, perfect long lefthanders. Jerry Wilson had it solo for 2 days (can't really see it well from the road). I kept an eye out for it to happen again for the next 7 years, didn't happen. That was more like a once in a lifetime swell.

[Admin]

This vid was of the 2005 swell.  We surfed Olowalu but it stunk, left to surf Macregor, which was unreal but got windy, and then surfed Suda's Store (which I haven't seen break since).  Watched Maalaea that afternoon having drinks on the lawn.  That was some of the best surf spectating ever.

[Big Island Mike]

Yep, the day I mentioned was at least 12 years ago... thats when the VW boulder arrived.  Thanks for jarring my memory, it was McGregor Point we ended up surfing, GOING OFF., like Haw'n style 6 feet and standing straight up. Lot's of the Pavils grommets charging.

[Keahi]

Thanks for posting that video. Looks like such a sick wave when it breaks. Super windy though. Does it still hold up when it's not windy or does it just close out. Looks like such a hard wave to get into.

Keahi