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The North Shore: The Eddie
6 a.m. text: “The contest is on.”
The skies cleared up, it is beautiful again and today the final rounds of the Roxy Pro were held. I finished my work and made it out to Sunset Beach by 10. I missed the early rounds of the contest, but was there to see Sofia Mulanovich win. Sofia is one of my favorite people, and she is pushing the women’s tour. When she won the world tour, I wished I could have seen her win a contest in person. I had the opportunity to watch her surf her home waves in Peru, but I wished I could have seen her in a contest setting. It was neat to witness it today.
By the finals, the women were surfing in some of the biggest waves ever for a women’s WCT contest. And they were bigger than the men surfed later in the day, which rarely happens. If ever. In the semi-finals, Megan Abubo wiped out and tore muscles around her ribs. It was an intense few minutes as she was brought in on a rescue ski. Sofia was the only girl who snuck her way into a barrel and caught one monster of a wave in the final heat that put her over the top.
But that’s not my Wish moment. That happened after the contest, at Waimea Bay.
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Tagged Eddie Aikau, Sofia Mulanovich, Sunset Beach, Waiamea Bay, 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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