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Swell of 1983: Waimea Bay

Credits: Scott Dittrich, Steve Soderberg, Gary Capo

Encyclopedia of Surfing
  • big-wave surfboard
  • big-wave surfing
  • Horan, Cheyne
  • Jones, James
  • Swell of 1983
History of Surfing
  • A Beloved Rival
  • An Exorcism at Waimea
  • Death at Waimea
Interviews
  • Cheyne Horan
  • James Jones
Features
  • "THE BAY: WAIMEA BAY IS STILL DEFINING THE SURFER'S CONCEPTS OF MASS, VOLUME, POWER AND SANITY," BY ALLSTON JAMES (1990)
  • SWELL OF '83: RETURN OF THE "BIG, DAMN TERRORIZING WAVE"
  • THE UNKNOWABLE BOOBY JONES
The Sunday Joint
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 1-8-2023: BIG TIME, OR JUST TOO DAMN BIG
  • SUNDAY JOINT, 4-18-2021: BRADSHAW’S DUKE TROPHY IS GOING, GOING, GONE. OR IS IT?
Videos
  • First Day at Waimea, from “Riding Giants” (2004)
  • Waimea '67, from "Sunshine Sea"
  • Waimea Bay in "Golden Breed" (1967)
  • Waimea Bay, 1974
Contests
  • 1973 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
  • 1974 Smirnoff Pro-Am
  • 1975 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
  • 1980 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
  • 1986 Quiksilver / Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational