VIEWFINDER: Jaws Surf Break (Pe'ahi)

SI Staff | Jan 27, 2016

VIEWFINDER: Jaws Surf Break (Pe'ahi) /

VIEWFINDER: Jaws Surf Break (Pe'ahi)

Windsurfer Jason Polakow

Pe'ahi-Jason-Polakow-WIRE000077116.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

Pro surfer Josh Redman

Pe'ahi-Josh-Redman-WIRE000077107.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

Big wave surfer Kai Lenny

Pe'ahi-Kai-Lenny-WIRE000077113.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

WSL surf champion Kelly Slater

Pe'ahi-Kelly-Slater-WIRE000077108.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

Pro big wave surfer Aaron Gold

Pe'ahi-Aaron-Gold-WIRE000077111.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

Gold surfs a monster wave, rumored to be as high as 80 feet.

Pro big wave surfer Aaron Gold

Pe'ahi-Aaron-Gold-WIRE000077112.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

Gold reflects on his board minutes after riding "the Big One."

Pe'ahi-windsurfer-WIRE000077110.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

An unknown surfer takes a serious fall at Pe'ahi.

Big wave surfer Pedro Calado

Pe'ahi-Pedro-Calado-WIRE000077114.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton

Pe'ahi-Hamilton-Dirks-WIRE000077115.jpg — AJ Messier/Hogtown Studios.TO

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Onlookers await the arrival of the day's first waves.

Published Jan 27, 2016

SI Staff