All weekend here in Hawaii they’ve been running the Da Hui Back Door shoot out. All the big names are surfing – Bruce Irons, Jon Jon, Reef Macintosh, Tom Whits, Kalani Chapman just to name a few. It’s a different style of surf comp, teams based, no coloured vests, the new generation and some old legends mixed in together. It’s very clever as for a whole weekend it stops the masses clogging up the lineup and you can see the pros pull into some mind blowing caves at probably one of the most famous (and dangerous) waves in the world, Pipeline with only 3 others out. If you’ve been to Pipe you’d know there is a standard crowd of 60 on the peak at any given moment – makes it nearly impossible to get a wave.
Da Hui, is a surf clothing brand born in Hawaii by a group of surfers who are also known as “The Black Shorts”. They’re a bunch of extremely proud people who strongly support the protection of the Hawaiian culture and control the line up here. You know, guys like Eddie Rothman and Clyde Aikau – the guys you don’t mess with.
It’s been pumping too. Yesterday was 8-10 foot Hawaiian – I saw some waves, which erm, dunno how big – but bigger than what I’d like to paddle out in.
Mahalo :: uge
How good’s The Drop Uge? sweet pic