Tim Bonython is no stranger to chasing consequential swells and navigating the challenges that come with them. But he keeps his camera ready. In the week before Christmas last month, Tim grabbed his ...
The tricky thing about surfing, especially in big waves, is that there’s a finite number of opportunities. At some spots, surfers might get one shot a year at a sizable swell. Some years, maybe even ...
“One of the great swell events in my history of shooting surfing (for) over 49 years,” says Tim Bonython, not mincing words. “This is probably one of the top five swell events I’ve got to document.” ...
The Pe'ahi Challenge is slated to start Friday afternoon (Hawaii time) and run through Saturday. Here's hoping it looks like this. Photo: Jeremiah Klein Kemper has won the contest two years in a row.
Last week we saw some big wave activity in the Pacific. Some said the storms would develop some of the biggest waves in decades.* Here’s some footage of nut jobs surfing said waves on Jaws, in Maui.
MAUI, Hawaii (KHON2) — The swell that brought up the notorious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Oahu also brought major waves to Maui’s north shore, with one surfer surviving a gnarly wipeout.
Torrey, Billy Kemper and Steve Roberson were all slated to compete in the HIC Haleiwa Pro QS 2,000 on Oahu that same morning, ...
Surfing big waves is sorta like striking a deal with the devil. On one hand, there’s the promise of glory, the best ride of one’s life, a thrill unlike anything else in everyday, pedestrian surfing; ...
Early last March I texted a dozen of the best under 18 surfers in the US to randomly ask who’s their favorite surfer. The response came back like you’d expect. Lot’s of John John’s, and a couple ...
In an effort to protect the natural splendor of Pe'ahi on Maui's north coast, county officials have purchased the land surrounding the wave for $9.5 million. The 267-acre plot of land will remain free ...