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In the mid-1950s, the North Shore was a remote outpost of pineapple fields and the local surf was considered too dangerous to ride. Legendary surfer Greg Noll (Da Bull) recalls that the North Shore was known as "the big taboo land." Couple that with the knowledge that a young surfer had died in 1943 surfing here, and few if any ever attempted to ride the big waves. |
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It took until 1957 when Greg Noll and his friends Mike Stange, Pat Curren, Harry Church, Bing Copeland, and Mickey Munoz stoically challenged and finally made peace with the oversized waves at Waimea Bay. Word soon spread that the North Shore waves could be ridden. The rest as they say, is surfing history. |
