“You can tell when it’s a big one when the lines march in from the outer ledge,” Benjamin “Sancho” Sanchis told SURFER after his heroic, albeit cataclysmic, ride at Jaws on December 22, 2024. Fate ...

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.

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 ...

On December 22, 2024, while the surf world’s collective eye was fixed on Waimea Bay during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big-Wave Invitational, lensman Fred Pompermayer was in the channel at Jaws, documenting ...

I remember the first neurologist I saw after my concussion,” Albee Layer said. “I told him, I’ve had many concussions surfing ...

The Lenny brothers know first-hand just how scary riding big waves is. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot The Lenny brothers grew up with big waves thundering in their ears. It makes sense, then, that Kai and ...

Haiku Elementary School 5th-graders will be hosting school alumni and big-wave surfers Matt Meola, Albee Layer, Paige Alms, the Walsh brothers – Ian, DK and Shaun – as well as Marcio Freire, Francisco ...

Local Santa Cruz surfer Wilem Banks is heading to the 2025 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay on the North Shore ...

The WSL’s inconspicuous announcement that there would be no big wave event at Pe’ahi caught many off guard. But according to one big wave surfer, the Maui locals had known for months that the event ...