BayofBiscay

First time I got covered up! the waves were chest high, pretty steep and closing a bit.

Got a late takeoff, had to push hard on the tail to prevent a node dive, immediately grabbed the rail so I could stay on the face, tried to ride down the line as much a possible, saw the whole thing about too close and got out towards the beach. And well ...just got covered up in the process.

Me happy.

Was riding my 7'6 x 23" mid length which was too big. But I don't care, I got covered up!

Made for windsurf, but same tech so it all translates to surfing.

just seen pics of of ohau's north shore...

9'6 x 23 1/2 x 3 1/4 / 76L, modern shape between a performance and a log, intermediate rocker. Can't wait to try it!

Currently my goto board is a 7'6x23 full nose diamond tail, low rocker mid length I use from thigh high to head high with another mid 7'x22.5 rounded pin full nose with rocker when conditions are head+.

The long board should go from knee- to mushy head high.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43134773

{Gonna repost this throughout the day}

Opening CEREMONY (7AM HST) - Day1 Feb 14, 15, 16. 21 & 22 2026 (8am-4pm HST) МАКАНА SURFING BEACH Featured events: 10ft and over longboard / Tandem / Canoe / Sup-Squatch /Alaia / Paipo / Team Stand-up Paddle / 250 Ib. Plus longboard & Bully Board / Bully Board Tandem / Handboard Bodysurfing. LIvestream powered by LivestreamHawaii.io

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42675767

Maybe best day of the year for big sets so far. 25-45 foot faces, clean, nice offshore, not messy or sloppy.

Waimea danny out there with his professional camera rig doing drone flights, all DIY, all volunteer.

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/31754365

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/41617444

2026 Da Hui Backdoor Shootout in Memory of the Duke — Day 2 (WARNING: REAL SETS THIS TIME!!!)

You showed up last time to watch some of the best surf teams in the world surf bathtub water, and today they're back, but this time with real waves!!!

ITS DAY TWO OF THE BACK DOOR SHOOTOUT!!

ABOUT THIS UNIQUE EVENT

The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout isn’t a traditional surf contest -- no person-versus-person heats. Instead, there are eight shortboard teams, each made up of five surfers, and each team gets the same amount of water time over the waiting period at Pipe and Backdoor. The goal: get as barreled as possible. Team scores are added together, and the team with the most points wins. There’s also an individual winner -- the surfer with the highest total score. Simple. There are also SUP and longboard divisions, plus a Wahine Expression Session. Traditional? Nah. Fun to watch? Undeniably.

SHORTBOARD TEAMS

A NEW EARTH PROJECT Jamie O’Brien | Koa Smith | Moana Jones Wong | Shayden Pacarro | Luke Tema (Alt)

VOLCOM Makana Pang | Noa Deane | Balaram Stack | Jake Maki | Maikai Burdine | Steve Roberson

NAVE Makai McNamara | Landon McNamara | Legend Chandler | Kona Olivera | Mananalu Chandler | Guile Johannpeters

SNAPT 5 Mason Ho | Benji Brand | Parker Coffin | Seth Moniz | Connor Coffin | Taro Watanabe (Alt)

DA BOYS Billy Kemper | Kala Grace | Sheldan Paishon | Kala DeSoto | Noah Beschen

PERU Alvaro Malpartida | Joaquin Del Castillo | Alonso Correa | Cristobal De Col | Gabriel Villaran | Bastian Pierce | Noah De Col

TEAM JAPAN Shinpei Horiguchi | Riaru Ito | Kenshin Matsunaga | Isamu Sumi | Riku Matsumoto | Shogo Harada

TEAM 96712 Koa Rothman | Eli Olson | John John Florence | Nathan Florence | Ivan Florence

LONGBOARD DIVISION

Noa Puu | Kaiwi Berry | Makamae DeSoto | Bonga Perkins | Noa Ginella | Dino Miranda | Freddy Huihui | Micah DeSoto | Pomai Hoopili | Keegan Edwards | Ha’a Foster-Blomfield | Zack Howard

SUP DIVISION

Jose Gomez | Anthony Maltese | Zane Saenz | Clayton Everline MD | Max Torres | Sebastian Gomez | Zane Schweitzer | Bernard Rodiger | Bobo Gallagher Anderson | Trevor Lakos

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39864380