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Sport of Kings

Photographer and Hawai`i Island resident Kirk Aeder has captured the spirit and sport of surfing over the years, including many images of A-Bay. Surrounded by an endless ocean with no other landmasses to obstruct it, the Hawaiian Islands draw open…

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As Much a Religion as a Sport

Even though O`ahu may be more famous nowadays, there are also those, like Aeder, who know where to find the best swells and breaks on Hawai`i Island, and for whom surfing the Big Island is close to spiritual. “I moved…

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Origins

Though the origins of surfing — called he`enalu in the Hawaiian language, which translates literally to “wave sliding” — are lost to history, Hawai`i, and particularly Hawai`i Island, is where it is acknowledged to have evolved. “In pre-European times,” writes…

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