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Sunset Beach, 1959

Credits: Walt Phillips

Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • Sunset Beach
  • big-wave surfing
  • North Shore, Oahu
  • Duke Kahanamoku Invitational
  • Smirnoff Pro-Am
History of Surfing
  • The Overwhelming North Shore
Features
  • EXCERPT FROM "A NATIVE SON OF THE GOLDEN WEST" BY JAMES HOUSTON (1971)
  • "SUNSET BEACH," BY BUZZY TRENT (1964)
  • SAM GEORGE CALLS OUT SUNSET BEACH: "IT'S A DOG!" (1990)
  • "SUNSET BEACH: THE WORLD'S PREMIER WINTER SURF SPOT," BY MICHAEL TOMSON (1985)
  • ELKERTON OR HO, SUNSET BEACH: "WHO'S THE BEST?" (1992)
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 2-12-2022: OUR SUNSET YEARS
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 2-23-2020: RICKY GRIGG WINS THE BIG ENCHILADA
Videos
  • "Ride the Wild Surf," Sunset Beach
  • 1965 Duke Invitational, Sunset Beach
  • Sunset Beach, 1974
  • Sunset Beach: the "Wave Warriors" Years
  • Gary Elkerton, Sunset, 1987