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OCTOBER 6, 2021
Aloha surfers and beachgoers, Welcome to Rocktober. It’s going to be epic with tons of surf and events!
BY GARY KEWLEY
Surf’s Rocktober-fest Starts; AccesSurf DATB Is Back
For starters, the north- west swells started up on the first day of fall, Sept 21. It looks like there’s no end in sight for surf till next summer.
west-northwest swells of the new season. They are rare, so we just have to wait and see. As of now, it’s modeled to move north and end up in the west Bering Sea, leaving us with small 2- or 3-foot surf from the west.
contest. The youngest won back in 2008, another Ha- wai‘i prodigy hailing from Wailua, Kaua‘i, Malia Manuel, at 14 years old. How do these girls get so good so fast?
brimming with ability and drive. He won the Vans Tri- ple Crown back in 2017 as a teenager. Colapinto and his bro Crosby are heavy Pipeline chargers and I won’t be shocked if Co- lapinto nails a world title someday. By the way, his interviews are entertaining. Check ‘em out.
There’s even a huge ty- phoon off Taiwan named Mindulle that’s veering northeast into the North- western Pacific as I write. Sometimes these large storms become “gender benders,” transforming from a warm core to typi- cal cold core low pressure as they track northeast out of the tropics. They can “recurve” and head east toward Hawai‘i, leading to our first large west to
The other side of the equator, the land Down Un- der is still sending us south swell as good as summer. There’s a really good se- quence of storms coming off the southeast coast of New Zealand, with the best one having started Oct.1- 5. This will spell pump- ing south-southwest swell around Oct. 8, lasting into the middle of the following week. For the latest fore- cast, be sure to check out surfnewsnetwork.com.
Gabriella Bryan looked unstoppable and overpowered Championship Tour veteran Coco Ho in brilliant fashion but lost in the finals. PHOTO COURTESY WSL/ MORRIS
U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach from Sept. 26. Hawaiʻi girls ripped with two making it in the semi-finals: the leg- endary Coco Ho and rela- tively new big-leaguer Ga- briela Bryan (age 19) from
On the men’s side, Ha- wai‘i didn’t fare as well as the girls. Zeke Lau (recent winner of ABC’s The Ul- timate Surfer) lost just be- fore the quarters to stand- out Huntington local and previous winner, Kolohe Andino. He lost out in the quarters to Nolan Rapoza, also from the West Coast. The final two were from Southern California: Grif- fin Colapinto (San Clem- ente) besting Jake Marshal (Encinitas).
Last but not least, Ac- cesSurf is back for its DATB (Day at the Beach) service. It will be at Ali‘i Beach Park in Hale‘iwa Saturday, Oct. 9. Please go to accessurf.org for details. Mahalo for your support for what they do.
The biggest surf contest news are the results of the
Bryan beat Ho, but ended losing in the finals to Cait- lin Simmers (Oceanside, California). At 15, she is the second-youngest ever to win this prestigious
This was Colapinto’s first big contest win. It’s as- tonishing he has yet to win as the 23-year-old talent is
GQ, droppin’ in 4U!
Kīlauea, Kauaʻi.
In case you missed it,
And thanks for being here with me in Mid- Week’s Windward O‘ahu Voice.
gary@surfnewsnetwork.com
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