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Spotlight: Big-Wave Female Photographers of Hawaii

Spotlight: Big-Wave Female Photographers of Hawaii Go behind the lens with the women photogs of Red Bull Magnitude Christa Funk, getting the shot at Pipeline. Photo: Mike Latronic Dashel Pierson Link copied to clipboard Good news and bad news. First, the bad: the COVID-19 pandemic has toppled the traditional competitive season in Hawaii this winter. And the good? A seemingly endless run of swell has kept the Hawaiian Islands cranking for weeks on end. And the bad news isn’t really that bad, because, despite these unprecedented times and the lack of a “normal” winter, many events have pivoted into something special and fresh, and some new ones have cropped up, too. Like the Red Bull Magnitude event – an all-women, all-digital big-wave competition offering a prize purse of $40,000 for the top charging waterwomen in Hawaii during the course of the winter.

R I P Ben Aipa (1942-2021)

R.I.P. Ben Aipa (1942-2021) Photo: Jeff Divine Link copied to clipboard When Ben Aipa’s big heart finally stopped beating on Friday, January 15th after the man succumbed to multiple health issues including heart problems, diabetes, strokes and dementia, the surfing world lost one of its most remarkable characters and in some ways, one of its least-appreciated. Not due to any lack of respect. Ben commanded respect without even asking for it, from the moment he first took to the waves at Waikiki as a burly 23-year-old. But he wasn’t exactly shy. No other three-letter athlete from Farrington High, semi-pro football player and blue-collar truck driver could get by without occasionally puffing a few lips let alone learn to surf in Hawaii as a full-fledged adult. 

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