Classic Honolua Bay

It's easy to look forward to modern surfing and get excited about what's happening now. Today however, I'm going to hit pause, and ask you to look back to one of the places where today's modern surfing has come from.

I'm choosing to do that with an old school clip of Hawaii, USA's Honolua Bay.

Hawaii satellite photo

Maui satellite photo

Honolua  Bay satellite photo

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This clip features a number of surfers including Aussie Mark Richards.

Australia satellite photo


Honolua Bay, October 13, 1976 from ENCYCLOPEDIA of SURFING videos on Vimeo.
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If Mark's style tickled your fancy, you may want to friend him on Facebook:

Link to Mark Richards' Facebook page

On an environmental note, Honolua Bay, after a very long campaign, has recently been granted protection from development. If you want to read more about it, check out the following link:

Link to article on 'saved' Honolua Bay