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Entries Tagged as 'Big Wave Surfing'

Pre-Hurricane Flossie Surf on Hawaii’s North Shore

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Hurricane Flossie means good news for surfers in Hawaii!
August 15, 2007

Thanks for your prayers, thoughts and well-wishes for the Hawaii island chain.
As it turns out - a foreboding Category 4 Hurricane threat turned into a Category 1, and turned out to be a blessing instead for the Big Island that needed the rain!

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Tags: Big Wave Surfing · Hurricane Flossi

Ode to Laird Hamilton - is he the greatest big wave surfer to have lived?

July 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

WOW!
Nuff said for today’s “music video”.
If ya’ like Big Wave surfing - or just watching people live life to the max, you’ll enjoy this compilation of the coolest big waves, and see a legend in the surfing world. This type of surfing inspires me to face my fears head on, and keep pushing forward.

Life’s […]

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Tags: Big Wave Surfing · Facing the Fear · General · Hawaii · Making the Move

Big Wave Surfing this weekend in Hawaii

February 12th, 2007 · No Comments

If you think it’s scary to move from one side of the country to the other…
(ooooh, I dunno… let’s say from New York City to the Island of Oahu in Hawaii…
Check out this Big Wave Surfer and rethink anything you originally thought
was scary…

YAH! Thas whad I’m talkin’ about! wicked huge right?!?! Now - Go […]

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Tags: Big Wave Surfing · Facing the Fear · General · Hawaii · Making the Move