Regional Update for Hawaii
For the first time ever, the 2009 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing events will be available live on television across Hawaii . In cooperation with the VTCS, Oceanic Time Warner Cable will broadcast all three events in their entirety, live on digital ch.250. All the features of the live webcast (narration, scores, interviews, replays, video clips, and more) will be available on the channel. If you don't already have one, you'll need a digital cable box to view the broadcasts, so hurry on down to your nearest Oceanic location and pick one up. First up is the Reef Hawaiian Pro on 11/12. It's going to be sick!
The floating lane markers at Ala Moana Beach Park will be going into the lagoon within a few weeks as DLNR officials try to keep stand up paddlers and recreational swimmers separated. There's been much contention between the groups as several collisions and near misses have further frayed tempers. Swimmers were lobbying for a total ban on SUP's in that area, but this seems to be the happy medium ... at least for now.
Is this an El Nino perk? Town regulars are commenting on the number of offseason fall and now winter SSW swells that have kept the south shore in motion. The 10/17 Southie had Big Bowl grinding and spitting for appreciative tube urchins, and another glassy overheader on 11/6 again had everyone scrambling for their boards!
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