Heavy Water

Hawaii is going berserk right now, and you’d be proud to learn that there’s a few Saffa’s putting their hands right up and proving their mettle. Grant Baker went so ham on a monstrous Peahi bomb you’d be forgiven for thinking he was trying to prison break out of Alcatraz. Maybe he thought he was, after all, who knows what chemical imbalance occurs when experiencing adrenaline spikes of that magnitude. There’s a solid contingent of young guns and seasoned hands trawling the North Shore right now, and a couple of them have already put in some substantial competitive and free surfing shifts. But this hardly surprises us here at the HQ for heavy water riding AKA the Striped Horse Challenge. We’ve seen a whole lot of manly rides throughout this event and many of them ridden by the same talented and skilfull surfers that are throwing themselves off draining ledges on the big island, right now. With one more month to go, we’re nearing the end of the SHC18, and it’s been a phenomenal experience. We’ve received a ton of high quality, big balled jaw-dropping entries and it’s going to be a tough task to call the winner once the […]

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