Surfing

The World Surf League recently completed its 2025 Women’s Championship Tour, and two Hawaiʻi women finished in the top five. HPR’s Russell Subiono introduces us to the 20-year-old Oʻahu native who finished fifth in the standings.

Hawaiʻi's inaugural state high school surfing championship is dropping in next year, making the state the first to recognize surfing as an official interscholastic state championship sport. The official surfing season is expected to start in February, with the championship scheduled for May 2026 on Maui.

In 1885, royal Hawaiian brothers were studying at a military school in California. There, they introduced a sport known as "surfboard swimming." The Princes of Surf exhibit tells what happened next.

The Honua Finals: World Cup of Interscholastic High School Surfing returns this summer to Ala Moana Bowls, bringing together high school surf teams from Japan, New Zealand, Canada, California and Hawaiʻi for an elite showdown.

A new documentary takes a look behind the camera, featuring the first female water photographer to shoot the prestigious big wave surf event — The Eddie at Waimea Bay. The Conversation talked to Oʻahu photographer Christa Funk about the journey.

Landon McNamara, a local surfer and musician, won the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay on Sunday.

A shark bit a 61-year-old Maui surfer while surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning. Maui officials say the man's right leg was completely severed below the knee. The incident has prompted officials to close the beach park.

The new surf film "Trilogy: New Wave" uses virtual reality drones and 8K resolution cameras to elevate the visuals to a new level. HPR talked with director Andrew MacKenzie about his feature-length film debut.

Two local unions talk about the state of labor negotiations between hotels and workers; The Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project shares its idea for using a natural extract to stop rodent population; author Zoe Schlanger discusses whether plants could be considered intelligent; and the director of a new surf film reveals the high-tech gadgets he used to capture his stunning images

A new study dives into the relationship between surf breaks and carbon storage and what that could mean for protecting natural habitats. HPRʻs Maddie Bender learns more.