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WAIMEA BAY, Hawaii - As much of the country battens down for an icy winter, Hawaiians await their annual siege of monster waves on the islands' northern shores and hope for a chance to witness one of surfing's greatest big wave contests.
Founded in 1985, the contest evokes all that is awe inspiring about the sport of surfing. But it only has been held seven times in 21 years, and it depends entirely on the waves off Oahu's North Shore.See the full content of this document
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Making Waves
The contest, which brings together the world's elite of big wave surfing, only runs when open ocean swells are at least 20 feet - meaning the face of the waves that roar toward shore s...
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