* Waimea Bay on O ‘ ahu

Phylis Dameron was the first person, man or woman, to ride big Waimea Bay on a bodyboard in the late 1970s.

Used at such big waves spots as Waimea Bay and Mavericks.

Waimea Bay is located in Haleiwa on the North Shore of O ‘ ahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River.

Waimea Valley extends behind Waimea Bay.

Captain Charles Clerke aboard HMS Resolution stopped at Waimea Bay on 28 February 1779.

Waimea Bay was the only O ‘ ahu anchorage visited by the expedition.

It is a historically important site on the North Shore, as well as providing a view of Waimea Bay and the Waianae Mountain range.

Waimea Bay is located along Kamehameha Highway.

The surf break at Waimea Bay was significant in the development of Big wave surfing.

Sunset over Waimea Bay, Hawaii on the North Shore of Oahu | O ‘ ahu

Since its inception in 1984, the tournament has only been held seven times, due to a precondition that there be waves at least 20 feet high at Waimea Bay.

Waimea Bay " Jump Rock "

In Summer, Waimea Bay is a playground of fun for freedivers, S. C. U. B. A.

Waimea Bay is a song on Jan and Dean's Ride The Wild Surf album.

Waimea Bay is also mentioned in The Beach Boys classic song, " Surfin ' USA ", as well as Jimmy Buffett's song, " Beautiful Swimmers.

Waimea Bay is one of the filming locations used for the television series Lost, which is an American drama-adventure television series surrounding the survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious tropical island.

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He got a late entry into a contest at Waimea Bay, and did well enough on the first day of competition to make the semi-finals the next day.

Jack Johnson and Paula Fuga at Surfrider Foundation | Surfrider's John Kelly Awards, Waimea Bay | Waimea, Oahu

Waimea Valley was densely populated at the time, and the remains of Pu ‘ u o Mahuka, an important heiau ( Hawaiian temple ) can still be seen above the bay.

While the surf only breaks big several times a year, Waimea was the most prestigious big wave surf break in the world for decades.

Waimea rock was featured in part of a commercial for the Bing search engine in 2012.

Gore was once a busy railway junction ; the Waimea Plains Railway ran west to connect with the Kingston Branch in Lumsden, while the Waikaka Branch connected with the Main South Line nearby in McNab.

A private Waimea Plains railway from Gore to Lumsden was opened on 31 July 1880.

In August 1944, the division was transferred to Camp Tarawa outside of Waimea, Hawaii.

He was a member of the 1st New Zealand Parliament, representing first the Town of Nelson and then Waimea electorates, and served in the brief Forsaith Ministry formed by Thomas Forsaith.

The Kingston Branch from Invercargill ran north-south through the town, while to the west was the Mossburn Branch and to the east was the Waimea Plains Railway that connected with the Main South Line in Gore.

As the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu, he saved many lives and became famous for surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship.

In the early 1980s, Foo quit the IPS World Tour, stopped competing, and began surfing Waimea Bay, a famous big wave surfing spot on the North Shore of O ' ahu.

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Isaacs Art Center ( Waimea, Hawaii ), and the University of Hawaii at Manoa library are among the public collections having works by Jean Charlot.

In 1964, Chillingworth released his first album, Waimea Cowboy, which earned a gold record.

In 1949, in a deal involving homestead development of the area of Waimea in Hawaii County, as a lawyer with Parker Ranch attorney Garner Anthony, Quinn brokered a deal with the Territorial Land Office and Hawaiian Homes Commission to allow the ranch a more lengthy period of time in which to evacuate the property.

The Southland and Waimea Plains are separated by the uplands of the Hokonui Hills, which lie to the west of Gore.

David " Dubb " Hubbard charging a large wave at Waimea Shorebreak.

At 17 years old and without Waimea experience nobody would have thought less of him if he didn't, but he felt to walk away would end his hopes of surfing professionally, and put him back in Newcastle at some unappealing apprenticeship.

In 1987, a third company of Tune the Grand Up performed at the Kahilu Theatre in Kamuela ( Waimea ), Hawaii.

It enters the Pacific Ocean at Waimea, near the 1778 landing place of Captain Cook on Kauai.

: Intrigue abounds at the Grand Waimea Hotel, an exclusive Hawaiian escape for the wealthy, powerful and beautiful.

Some of the most notable are Mark Foo, who died surfing Mavericks on December 23, 1994 ; Donnie Solomon, who died exactly a year later at Waimea Bay ; Todd Chesser who died at Alligator Rock on the North Shore of Oahu on February 14, 1997 ; Peter Davi who died at Ghost Trees on December 4, 2007 ; and Sion Milosky who died surfing Mavericks on March 16, 2011.

Parker retired to pursue business interests ; by 1882 he owned of land in Waimea County, valued at £ 550.

There are two Waimea River at opposite ends of New Zealand's South Island.

The land between these two extremes is more gently rolling, and also includes the coastal plains around the mouth of the Waimea River at the bay's southernmost point.

On December 30, over 700 people arrived at Waimea Bay in Hawaii for his funeral.