NEWS & EVENTS / Day one saw clean conditions with waves in the 3 to 5ft. range. The local Maui kids were shredding it up, with a lot of great rides caught all throughout the day. The level of surfing was extremely high, as each competitor hoped to be crowned with the prestigious title, the Legends of the Bay champion. At the end of Day one, it was Ocean Macedo that ended up winning the Boys U18 division, Cody Young in the Boys U14 division, Savannah Store in the Girls U14 division, Eli Hanneman in the Boys U12-13 division and Keanu Tayor in the Boys U12 division.
HONOLUA SURF CO. PRESENTS LEGENDS OF THE BAY By Kiva Rivers For over two decades now, Honolua Surf Company has hosted the Legends of the Bay surf contest at Honolua Bay. It’s an incredible opportunity for Maui’s local athletes to surf in a heat at Honolua Bay with only a few other surfers in the water, giving all of the competitors a chance to showcase their skill. This contest takes a lot of coordinated efforts, and without the help of our community, would not be what it is today. The two-day event is the closing contest of the season for the Maui Surf Ohana/HSA and it was certainly a great ending! Honolua Bay greeted us with great waves on both days.
Day two of the surf contest went off, with a bigger day of waves in the 10 to 12ft. range. Again, some of Maui’s best surfers were on-hand to compete for the win. The waves were super fun and consistent, allowing for great tube rides along with some incredible maneuvers. At the end of Day two, it ended up being local boy Kea Espiritu who won the highly contested Open Mens Division against some of Maui’s biggest up and coming surfing talents. Aloha Lopez won the action packed final of the Open Womens Division, Zane Schweitzer took out the other competitors to win the Open Longboard division and local surfboard shaper Matt Kinoshita won the Legends division. Thank you to Honolua Surf Company, the event’s main sponsor, for providing the competitors with bags of prizes! Duke’s Beach House and TS Restaurants handed out gift certificates to the top 3 winners of every heat too. All in all, it was an epic day of competition at Honolua Bay! Mahalo to the sponsors of Legends of the Bay; Honolua Surf Company, DaKine, Duke’s Beach House, Pakaloha, HSA, TS Restaurants, Schweitzer Sports, Pitzer Built, Beach Park, Maui Surf Ohana, Windmills, Mama’s Fish House and Duck.
Legends of the Bay 2015 Results Boys 12 -13 1st: Eli Hanneman 2nd: Ocean Macedo 3rd: Cole Alves 4th: Axel Rosenbald Boys 12 and Under 1st: Keanu Taylor 2nd: Jackson Bunch 3rd: Kai Luna 4th: Levi Young Boys Under 14 1st: Cody Young 2nd: Logan Bediamol 3rd: Conan Gentil 4th: Dante Silva
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Girls Under 14 1st: Savannah Stone 2nd: Tatiano Ebro 3rd: Sinjan Boys U18 1st: Ocean Macedo 2nd: Eli Hanneman 3rd: Cole Alves 4th: Ty Simpson Boys 16-17 1st: Imaikalani deVault 2nd: Kelson Lau 3rd: Kala Willard 4th: Khristen Olsen
Body Board 1st: Kaimi Lewis 2nd: Mack Krilley 3rd: Elijah Welch 4th: Luke Coach 5th: Dylan Lee Long Board 1st: Zane Schwitzer 2nd: Mau Ah Hee 3rd: Dino Miranda 4th: Rachel Graham
Legends 1st: Matt Kinoshita 2nd: Mark Anderson 3rd: Buzzy Kerbox 4th: Dino Miranada Open Women 1st: Aloha Lopez 2nd: Rachel Graham 3rd: Summer Macedo 4th: Kayla Yamada Open Men 1st: Kea Espiritu 2nd: Joao Marco 3rd: Ian Gentil 4th: Randy Welch 5th: Imaikalani deVault 6th: Luke Adolfson