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The North Shore: Pipe Dreams
In the name of time, and not enough of it, I’m going to share one “what it was like” moment each day, for the rest of the trip. (My daily Make-A-Wish moment, if you will.)
Today, Wednesday, I spent the morning and early afternoon sitting in my room writing about football and tracking down players on the east coast. (I’m starting to rethink my plan to open a satellite office here. ESPN The Magazine: The North Shore. It’s tough keeping up with folks who live in the future—New York).
Around 3:00, my friend Tobias, who works for Quiksilver, called. “I’m coming to pick you up,” he said. “We’re going to Pipe. It’s going off.” That, for you non-surfers, means a swell had come through, there were great waves at Pipeline and I was going to watch some of the best surfers in the world ride one of the best waves in the world.
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Tagged Bethany Hamilton, Hawaii, Kron Gracie, North Shore, Quiksilver, WCT
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The North Shore: Three Little Words
My plane landed in Honolulu on Sunday and I had a revelation. The “three little words” women really want to hear: Welcome to Hawaii.
I am on the North Shore of Oahu reporting a story on 15-year-old surfing phenom Carissa Moore. Carissa lives in Honolulu, on the other side of the island, and is competing in the Roxy Pro, the seventh of eight events on the Women’s world surf tour. Every year, the surf season culminates in two months of contests here in Hawaii. I’ve been covering this sport for five years and can’t believe this is my first time to the North Shore. It’s also my first time attending a non-mainland surf contest. Every surfer on the men’s and women’s tour is here in Oahu, along with the entire industry. There is so much energy, it’s hard to sleep. Although Hawaii doesn’t participate in Daylight Savings Time (I’m five hours behind NYC instead of six), the sun sets around 5:30 and the place gets dark quickly. (The sunset is spectacular. It takes about three minutes for that glowing ball to hit the horizon and … gone.) So by 10 pm, I’m asleep. By 6 am, I’m at the hotel gym.
This morning was the first round of the women’s contest. At 6 am, a contest official checks the waves, and the surf report, and makes a call. At 7 am, I got a text. “The contest is on.” Which means “get to Sunset Beach by 8″. On my way!
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Tagged Bethany Hamilton, Carissa Moore, CoCo Ho, Hawaii, North Shore, Oahu, Roxy Pro, Sofia Mulanovich, surf, WCT
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