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Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
The World Cham- pionship Tour is in West Oz for the Margaret River Pro, ending today, May 4. As of this writing, they were awaiting a pretty big south swell. Check out snnhawaii. com for updates. This is stop five of 11 contests.
One is that they’ll ensure the biggest surf stars of the sea- son go head-to-head more often in the back half. Plus, they’ll need less days to fin- ish, thus increasing chances of catching optimal swell cycles.
they can make their dream of being at the top come true. Locally, the 24th annual T&C Surf Grom Contest presented by Duke’s Waikīkī is happening June 4-5 at Baby Queen’s surf break at
Queen’s Surf right after the T&C Surf groms go off. This one is very meaningful and inspirational. You want to feel good? Just bring family and friends and share in the aloha and support.
The all new “mid season cut” makes this scary-heavy for world title implications and career aspirations. By reducing the number of men from 36 to 18, and women from 24 to 12, they’ll be ac- complishing a few things.
A surfer participates in the 2019 Local Motion Surf into Summer.
take a break for two years but now the keiki are ready to roll. Our youth are biting their leashes to have fun and learn as T&C Surf celebrates blessings of family, friends and surfing.
BY GARY KEWLEY
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Every venue has the same challenge — getting Mother Nature to cooperate for five days within every 12-day holding period. To score the entire time is not a guaran- tee. The mid season cut helps the odds. The other positive about the cut is pressure. It’s exciting to see how every- one handles it. The bottom
Kūhiō Beach.
This special event had to
The Local Motion Surf Into Summer is also back at Ala Moana Bowls June 11- 12. It has been historically the largest amateur surf event on O‘ahu. Age ranges are huge — from 7 to 70. There are nine short and longboard di- visions.
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half have to go back and earn enough points on the Challenger Series — premi- um qualifier contests — to earn their way back into the
17–19 MAY 2022 | HONOLULU, HI
WCT for 2023. They meet the newcomers to the pro surfing game. These fresh faces get to go up against these fallen heroes to see if
We also have the Hawai‘i Adaptive Surfing Champi- onships coming June 7-11 at
GQ, droppin’ in 4 U!
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