MAUI SPECTACULAR: BIG SURF, A HAPPENING - - a short video clip by ALTZAR - filmed on Maui, Hawaii - Jan 22, 2015 When you live in or near a surfing community, the big surf is the Happening Day, an event that brings everyone together - locals, tourists, young, old... This only happens about once or twice a year. So nobody wants to miss the chance to see the few brave souls challenging ocean giants on their surfboards. When the surf rises to 30-40 ft or above, you drop everything youre doing, and you head down to Jaws and/or Hookipa Point on the north shore of Maui to part take in this natures spectacle. Thats why people come from all over the island, or even the world. Kids get taken out of school. Moms pack picnic lunches instead of cooking a meal. Tradesmen quit their jobs. Golfers stop golfing and start walking and gawking, like everyone else. Thats what Elizabeth and I did this morning - even before breakfast. We are blessed to live within four miles of one of the greatest surfing attractions on this planet - the Jaws. Back in 2001, the world record of surfing was set here when some crazy surfer who surfed a 75-foot wave and lived to talk about it (see Christmas Jaws Happening, Dec 2009). Stand by for a full story, including some spectacular still shots at both Jaws and Hookipa Point youtu.be/0sNY-8_s-WM
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 21:44:40 +0000
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