The power of sheer power. A Waimea Bay shorebreak wave such as this one can easily buckle or snap a surfboard or person into equal parts of its original whole. Photo: Jason Childs
On a tamer note, Windmills on Maui can turn ocean power into a thing of beauty. Nice positioning beneath a mirror-glass curtain. Photo: Erik Aeder
It's a "Standing Room Only" kind of day at the legendary Waimea Bay. Photo: Jeff Divine
Waimea's outside power retires inside in a frenzy of whitewater. Photo: Jason Childs
At its glistening apex, just before it breaks, an ocean wave is a form of poetry in non-motion, a natural force exquisitely frozen in time. This one rose at Sunset Beach. Photo: Bernie Baker
Tow-master Rush Randle jet-skis away from center stage as surfers Dave Kalama (left) and Laird Hamilton (right) drop into Peahi, the Maui surf spot known as Jaws. Photo: Erik Aeder
Ross Williams blurs all distinctions while performing in a now-you-see-me, now-you-don't, magical, el mysto in-and-out surf act at Back Door on the North Shore. Photo: Bernie Baker
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Cover: The soul of Waimea. Photo: Jason Childs
Pages 2-3: The power of sheer power. A Waimea Bay shorebreak wave such as this one can easily buckle or snap a surfboard or person into equal parts of its original whole. Photo: Jason Childs
Pages 4-5: On a tamer note, Windmills on Maui can turn ocean power into a thing of beauty. Nice positioning beneath a mirror-glass curtain. Photo: Erik Aeder
Pages 6-7: It's a "Standing Room Only" kind of day at the legendary Waimea Bay. Photo: Jeff Divine
Pages 8-9: Waimea's outside power retires inside in a frenzy of whitewater. Photo: Jason Childs
Pages 10-11: At its glistening apex, just before it breaks, an ocean wave is a form of poetry in non-motion, a natural force exquisitely frozen in time. This one rose at Sunset Beach. Photo: Bernie Baker
Pages 12-13: Tow-master Rush Randle jet-skis away from center stage as surfers Dave Kalama (left) and Laird Hamilton (right) drop into Peahi, the Maui surf spot known as Jaws. Photo: Erik Aeder
Pages 14-15 (Title page): Ross Williams blurs all distinctions while performing in a now-you-see-me, now-you-don't, magical, el mysto in-and-out surf act at Back Door on the North Shore. Photo: Bernie Baker Opposite: Gerry Lopez and surf pooch ponder the beginning of yet another endless winter on the Polynesian surfing isles known as Hawaii. Photo: Dana Edmunds
Pages 18-19 (Dedication): Waimea again, this time as seen from the beach. Photo: Jason Childs
Gerry Lopez and surf pooch ponder the beginning of yet another endless winter on the Polynesian surfing isles known as Hawaii. Photo: Dana Edmunds
Waimea again, this time as seen from the beach. Photo: Jason Childs
Dedicated to Lono,
God of the Heavens and Weather Phenomena
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