How Mākaha Helped Revolutionize Hawaiʻi's Surf Culture - Hawaii Magazine

How Mākaha Helped Revolutionize Hawaiʻi's Surf Culture - Hawaii Magazine

This story was originally published on Feb. 20, 2020.   Hawaiʻi’s first premier big wave surf spot wasn’t always Waimea on Oʻahu or Peʻahi (aka Jaws) on Maui. It was a break located on the west side of Oʻahu, just up the coast from Waiʻanae, called Mākaha. In the 1930s, surfing in Hawaiʻi was very different than what we think of as surfing today. The surfboards were long and heavy, high-flying ariel maneuvers and more aggressive styles of surfin…