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Swell of 1983: Waimea Bay

Credits: Scott Dittrich, Steve Soderberg, Gary Capo

Encyclopedia of Surfing

Horan, Cheyne
Jones, James
Waimea Bay
Swell of 1983
big-wave surfboard

History of Surfing

A Beloved Rival
An Exorcism at Waimea
Death at Waimea

Interviews

James Jones
Cheyne Horan

Features

THE UNKNOWABLE BOOBY JONES
SWELL OF '83: RETURN OF THE "BIG, DAMN TERRORIZING WAVE"
"THE BAY: WAIMEA BAY IS STILL DEFINING THE SURFER'S CONCEPTS OF MASS, VOLUME, POWER AND SANITY," BY ALLSTON JAMES (1990)

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 4-18-2021: BRADSHAW’S DUKE TROPHY IS GOING, GOING, GONE. OR IS IT?
SUNDAY JOINT, 1-8-2023: BIG TIME, OR JUST TOO DAMN BIG

Videos

Waimea Bay, 1974
Waimea '67, from "Sunshine Sea"
Waimea Bay in "Golden Breed" (1967)
First Day at Waimea, from “Riding Giants” (2004)

Contests

1990 Poll of Best Waimea Surfers
1973 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
1980 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
1986 Quiksilver / Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational
1990 Quiksilver, in Memory of Eddie Aikau