Itholakala ogwini olusenyakatho ye-Oahu, i-Banzai Pipeline iyigagasi eliyisakhiwo sodumo emhlabeni. Lokhu kugqashuka kwezixhobo zamadwala kunikeza igebe kanye nokujezisa imiphongolo yesokunxele kubatshuzi abahamba phambili emhlabeni lapho ukukhukhumala kwasebusika kuqala ukugcwala. Izixhobo ezingaphandle zizoguqula ukukhukhumala zibe yiFirst Reef, ehlala nje amamitha angu-50 ukusuka ogwini. Lapha igagasi liya phezulu futhi lijikijela kanzima, lidala ukuwohloka okunzima eshubhuni eliphakeme kakhulu. Uma isifinyelele ngaphezu kwamamitha ayi-12 ukugingqika emiphongolweni emikhulu kuvamile njengoba igagasi livame ukukhuphuka ku-Second Reef, ngaphandle kancane. Izinganekwane ezinjengoGerry Lopez, uMark Richards, uTom Carrol, uDerek Ho, noJohn John Florence bonke benze igama labo kanye nophawu olukhulu emlandweni wokuntweza ogibele leli gagasi. Ukusefa lapha kuyingozi ngendlela emangalisayo, njengoba iphuka ibanga elingafika kumamitha angu-150 phezu kwetshe elingashoni, eligcwele umhume.
Yiziphi izimo ezingcono kakhulu zokusefa zePipeline?
Ihamba kahle phakathi kwekhanda eliphezulu kanye ne-triple overhead. Sincoma ukuthi ugibele ibhodi elifushane, bese ukhuphuka, bese kuba ibhodi lakho elikhulu njengoba usayizi uyakhula. Leli khefu elabasefa abathuthukile kuphela. I-surf lapha kwesinye isikhathi iba namagagasi (4/10) futhi izohlala igcwele ngokusangana ngisho noma kukubi (10/10). Imimoya engcono kakhulu ivela eNingizimu-mpumalanga. Ukukhukhumala okuhle kakhulu kuvela eNyakatho-ntshonalanga naseNtshonalanga. Isebenza kahle kakhulu emanzini aphakathi.
Sincoma ukuthi ugqoke izikhindi zebhodi noma i-bikini unyaka wonke njengoba amazinga okushisa amanzi eba phakathi kuka-27 no-24. Bona ishadi lokushisa elingezansi ukuze uthole idatha eyengeziwe ngalokhu.