SUP surfers and longboarders are in the water at Pipeline as the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout in Memory of Duke Kahanamoku got started today on the North Shore. It’s one of the best contests on the island ...

And as if by magic, the scaffolding appears overnight. And it stays there until the right swell arrives. Or when Uncle Eddie Rothman says it’s pau. Whichever comes first. Indeed, the perennial Hui o ...

Like the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout has weather-dependent standards to meet its prestigious legacy. But unlike The Eddie, this beloved local event has the freedom ...

The last Da Hui Backdoor Shootout was a surreal moment for Koa Rothman. Not just because he won the whole event, pocketed $55,000 and celebrated with his family and friends, but because of what he’d ...

It’s quiet, too quiet. That phrase, although corny and clichéd, illustrates how people may be feeling who are not, currently, on the North Shore of Oahu. Where’s the waves? What’s happening with the ...

It wasn’t a typical Shootout. No picture-perfect first-reef barrels groomed by trade winds. No second-reef roll-ins packed by elongated boards and brazen attitudes. For an event that has a history of ...

Tommy Tanaka is a renowned surfboard shaper, and it's a destiny he probably couldn't avoid. His late father, Ernie Tanaka, was a legendary shaper.

After nearly ten days of a tricky forecast, the waiting ended and the show finally began at the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout today. By first light, more than 100 surfers filled the lineup at Pipeline and ...