Aia ma ke kahakai ʻĀkau o Oʻahu, ʻo ka Banzai Pipeline ka nalu hōʻailona loa o ka honua. Hāʻawi kēia haʻihaʻi ʻaʻa i ka hamama a me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana i nā barela hema no nā mea heʻenalu maikaʻi loa o ka honua i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka ʻōhū o ka hoʻoilo. Ma ʻaneʻi ke piʻi a lele ikaika ka nalu, e hana ana i kahi hāʻule paʻakikī i loko o kahi paipu supersonic. Ke piʻi ʻo ia ma luna o 50 kapuaʻi ka holo ʻana i nā barela nui e maʻa mau ʻia no ka mea e piʻi ka nalu ma luna o Second Reef, ma kahi mamao aku. ʻO nā moʻolelo kaʻao e like me Gerry Lopez, Mark Richards, Tom Carrol, Derek Ho, a me John John Florence i hoʻokumu i ko lākou inoa a me kahi hōʻailona nui ma ka moʻolelo heʻenalu e holo ana i kēia nalu. He pōʻino loa ka heʻenalu ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, no ka mea, ua haki ʻia a hiki i 12 mika ma luna o kahi papa pāpaʻu, piha i nā ana.
He aha nā kūlana heʻenalu maikaʻi loa no ka Pipeline?
Loaʻa ka maikaʻi ma waena o ke poʻo kiʻekiʻe a me ke poʻo ʻekolu. Manaʻo mākou e holo i kahi papa pōkole, a laila piʻi i luna, a laila kāu papa nui loa i ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui. No nā poʻe heʻenalu holomua wale nō kēia hoʻomaha. He nalu ko ka nalu maʻaneʻi i kekahi manawa (4/10) a paʻa mau ke ʻano ʻino (10/10). No ka Hikina Hema mai ka makani maikai. ʻO nā ʻōhū maikaʻi loa mai ke komohana ʻĀkau a me ke Komohana. Hana maikaʻi loa i ke kai waena.
Paipai mākou i ke komo ʻana i ka papa pōkole a i ʻole ka bikini a puni ka makahiki no ka mea, aia ka wela o ka wai ma waena o 27 a me 24. E nānā i ka pakuhi wela ma lalo no ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kēia.