Photos: Late season Hawaii
A couple of Fridays ago, while everyone was discussing the upcoming swell event from Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita, where to surf and when, I had a fortunate leave pass out of Sydney that evening, inbound to Hawaii.
The trip was for a good mates wedding on the Big Island, but with a couple of good swells hitting the North Shore, the inter-island trip was a fly in - fly out affair.
Around this time last year, my first impression was brief but not great, but this time around things were much much better.
Getting into the groove of the North Shore, witnessing some proper Pipe sets amongst a couple of standout sessions between just myself and Steve Wall in pumping 4-6ft surf.
Here's a selection of shots from last week.
Comments
nice.
how's the vibe in the water?
Great, every surf mostly friendly smiles and hooting others into good set waves.
Would have expected the mood out at Pipe and Backdoor on the good day to be different. I swam out there the next morning and it was mellow with a few Japanese or Korean women bodyboarders sliding into the medium ones.
Can't believe a Cat 4 cyclone was off the east coast and you went to Hawaii.
You should have been hunkered down in the SN operations centre pouring over weather charts.
That looks so good.
I miss Hawaii so much been home from there 3 weeks and already
booked accommodation and car for next season.
Vibes go with good attitude and some aloha and its the friendliest
place to surf anywhere. Leaves Australia and indo for dead when
it comes to vibes. Hawaii is so chilled.
I couldn't have said it any better myself....
The East coast doesn’t represent the whole of Oz vibe wise , Evo.