Aia ma Mamanucas a me Viti Levu, Fiji, ua helu ʻia ʻo Cloudbreak e nā poʻe heʻenalu he nui ma ke ʻano he nalu maikaʻi loa ma ka honua me ka nalu nui loa o nā manawa a pau ʻo Kelly Slater. He mea makamae maoli kēia ma ka ʻaʻa mamao ma waho o ka mokupuni nui o Fiji, he mea kupanaha maoli nō ia o ka honua. Hiki mai nā ʻōhū mai ka hohonu o ka moana Pākīpika e hōʻea ana me ka mana ʻokoʻa. He mea kupanaha maoli ka papa lima hema a hiki ke lawelawe i ka nui mai ke poʻo kiʻekiʻe a ʻekolu ma luna o ke poʻo a ʻoi aku. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole mākou ʻike maoli i ka mea e hiki ai i kēia ʻaʻa nani ke makemake mākou i kahi ʻōhū nui e ʻike ai!
Kapuaʻi Ma mua, hiki wale i ka po'e he'e nalu e noho ana ma ka mokupuni 'o Tavarua Surf Resort akā ua wehe 'ia a hiki i kēia manawa ke komo i ka wa'a ma Fiji. Hāʻawi kēia nalu i ka manawa e loaʻa ai ka pahu o ke ola a ʻoiai nā kiʻi ma waho e hōʻike ana i nā barela kīnā ʻole hiki i kēia nalu ke lilo i holoholona paʻakikī e haku. Hoʻopili pinepine ka nalu i nā ʻāpana e like me Kelly Slater ma ko lākou manamana wāwae. Hiki i ka ʻaoʻao o waho ma luna o ka ʻaʻa ke paʻa i kahi nui koʻikoʻi a hiki i nā ʻōwili pali e hiki ai i loko o kahi pā wai nui e kono ana i kahi huli wikiwiki i hoʻolālā maikaʻi ʻia. Mai ʻaneʻi e alakaʻi ʻia ʻoe i Middles kahi e hoʻomaka ai nā mea āpau. ʻO ka wikiwiki kou hoa ma ʻaneʻi a e hele wikiwiki ʻoe ma nā ʻāpana o ka lehelehe hoʻolei i kahi mamao loa i ka manawa liʻiliʻi. ʻO loko a i ʻole Shish-kobabs kahi e loaʻa ai ka pāpaʻu nui a me ka puha nui me ka haki ʻana o ka nalu e like me ke kiʻekiʻe. No ka poʻe heʻe nalu ʻoi aku ka mākaukau a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nalu a ʻaʻole e loaʻa i ka poʻe heʻe nalu ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi mai ka ikaika o ka nalu ma ka ʻaoʻao hope e like me ka mea maʻamau i ka hapa nui o nā nalu. ʻO Shish-Kebabs ka ʻāpana ikaika loa o ka nalu. ʻAʻole pili pinepine nā ʻāpana ʻekolu akā inā hana lākou ma ka ʻāhū nui o South South West (SSW) a me nā makani Hikina Hema, lilo maoli kēia nalu i mea nani o ka Pākīpika Hema, hiki ke holo nā pahu kīnā ʻole mai luna a lalo mai ka lele ʻana a kiki i waho. ʻO ʻoe wale nō ka palena!
ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā nalu kaumaha, nā makani kālepa a me nā au e pono ai ke kiʻekiʻe i nā pae akamai akā aia kekahi mau pilikia ʻē aʻe āu e makaʻala ai no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nalu wela. ʻO ke koʻakoʻa ʻoi ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻokiʻoki i nā makahiki a e hoʻomau ʻia ana no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. E makaʻala i ka manō hānai maikaʻi ʻole, Stonefish a me nā nahesa kai! ʻO ka sniper maoli ka lā, e hoʻomaʻamaʻa pono ʻoe e hele mai me ka pale lā, e hoʻoinu i ka luna heʻe nalu a me ka pāpale heʻenalu e maopopo ai ua mākaukau ʻoe i ka lā aʻe a me ka lā aʻe!
ʻO ka hele ʻana ma ʻaneʻi a heʻenalu i kēia paradaiso maʻamau he mea maʻamau ia e ʻike ai ka hapa nui o ka poʻe heʻe nalu, inā ua laki ʻoe e kipa iā Cloudbreak a i ʻole Tavarua no ia mea e ʻoluʻolu ʻoe iā ia, ʻo ʻoe kekahi o ka poʻe i ʻike i ka moeʻuhane. ʻo ia ʻo Cloudbreak - ʻO nā pahu polū nui i loko o ka paradaiso mokupuni.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no Cloudbreak?
Loaʻa ka maikaʻi ma waena o ke poʻo kiʻekiʻe a me ka triple overhead plus. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kahi papa pōkole, a laila e piʻi i luna, a laila pū i ka wā e piʻi ai ka nui. He kūpono kēia hoʻomaha no ka poʻe heʻenalu waena a i ka pae kiʻekiʻe. Kūlike ka heʻenalu ma ʻaneʻi (7/10) a e loaʻa mau i ka holo (7/10). No ka Hikina Hema mai ka makani maikai. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ka Hema, Hema komohana, a i ʻole Komohana. Ke hana nei ma na au a pau.
Paipai mākou e hoʻohana i nā pōkole papa a i ʻole ka bikini i ka makahiki āpau. Pili ka mahana wai ma waena o 27 a me 24. E nānā i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻikepili hou aku no kēia.
