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OCTOBER 19, 2022
Aloha surfers and beachgoers,
Surf is above average this month, but as we know there are always exceptions. October’s av- erage might be 3-5-feet, but in 2012 an extra-large north-northwest swell slammed Hawai‘i with 15- 20-foot surf.
BY GARY KEWLEY
North Shore Menehune Contest Takes Center Stage
The 38th annual North Shore Menehune champs pose for a photo.
PHOTO COURTESY NORTH SHORE MENEHUNE SURFING CHAMPIONSHIPS
who have surfed in this event is amazing. In 2010 alone, John John, Nathan and Ivan Florence, former World Championship Tour
Along with all this North Shore action, we’ ve also had plenty of super-fun south swells. Every day it has been at least 2 feet, maybe even 3 feet, but the weekend of the Oct. 8-9 it was up to 4 feet, and that’s
of Ali‘i Beach is present- ing the 45th annual North Shore Menehune Surfing Championships through Oct. 22 with youth ages 3-12 ripping up the surf.
So, when you go to check out this year’s North Shore Menehune champs, know that you will likely be see- ing future pros who have yet to break out.
great for this time of year. There’s much more marching up from the South Pacific. It’s nothing near advisories, just an average of 3 feet expected to take us
surfer Keanu Asing, pros like Sage Erickson, Coco Ho, Ashley Hunter, Ezekiel Lau, Eli Olson, Kaimana Jaquias, Alex Smith and even big wave champion Billy Kemper surfed in the boys shortboard 11-12 age division.
action way back when it first started would be in their 50s now. They may have a grandchild they’ re pushing into the waves.
way past Oct. 22
In other news, the Friends
Special thanks to director Ivy Blomfield and all the volunteers who make this meaningful and memorable contest happen. Blomfield’s niece is three-time world longboard champ Honolua Blomfield, who just came in runner-up in the Cuervo Classic Malibu Longboard Championship on Oct. 5.
The officials decide ev- ery morning around 7 a.m. which division will hit the lineup. If there’s bigger surf like we’ ve been having, the
older preteens get out there and test the waters. Some of the really young get pushed into the white water.
This competition has been going strong for 45 years. That means those who joined the Menehune
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