Ifumaneka kunxweme oluseMantla e-Oahu, iBanzai Pipeline yeyona ndawo ibalaseleyo emhlabeni. Olu gqabhuko-dubulo lwengqaqa lunika umsantsa kwaye lunike isohlwayo semigqomo yasekhohlo kwabo bagqwesileyo baselwandle ehlabathini xa ubusika bukhukhumala buqalisa ukugcwala. Iingqaqa zangaphandle ziyakujika ukudumba zibe yiFirst Reef, ehlala kumgama oziimitha ezingama-50 ukusuka elunxwemeni. Apha i-wave incopho kwaye iphosa ngamandla, idala ukuhla okunzima kwityhubhu ephezulu. Nje ukuba ifikelele ngaphezu kwe-12 iinyawo eziqengqelekayo ukuya kwimigqomo emikhulu zixhaphakile njengoko iliza lithanda ukugquma kwiSecond Reef, kude kancinane ngaphandle. Iintsomi ezinje ngoGerry Lopez, uMark Richards, uTom Carrol, uDerek Ho, kunye noJohn John Florence bonke benze igama labo kunye nophawu olukhulu kwimbali ye-surf ekhwela eli wave. Ukusefa apha kuyingozi kakhulu, njengoko kuqhekezeka ukuya kutsho kwi-150 yeemitha phezu kolwalwa olungenzulwanga, oluzele umqolomba.
Zeziphi ezona meko zilungileyo zokusefa kwiPipeline?
Ihamba kakuhle phakathi kwentloko ephezulu kunye ne-triple overhead. Sincoma ukukhwela ibhodi emfutshane, emva koko unyuke, emva koko ibhodi yakho enkulu njengoko ubungakanani buthatha. Eli khefu lelabantu baselwandle abakwizinga eliphezulu kuphela. Ukusefa apha ngamanye amaxesha kuba namaza (4/10) kwaye kuya kuhlala kuxinene ngokuphambanayo nokuba kukubi (10/10). Eyona mimoya ingcono isuka eMzantsi-mpuma. Okona kudumba kuphuma kuMntla-ntshona naseNtshona. Isebenza kakuhle kwi-mid-tide.
Sincoma ukugqoka iifutshane zebhodi okanye i-bikini unyaka wonke njengoko amaqondo okushisa amanzi aphakathi kwe-27 kunye ne-24. Jonga ishati yeqondo lokushisa elingezantsi ukuze ufumane idatha engakumbi kule nto.