Ten Wild Rides From Day Two, DaHui Backdoor Shootout In Memory Of Duke

The full spectacle. That was day two of the best teams contest ever. Eight hours of intense surfing pushed Da Hui’s Backdoor Shootout through two full rounds, and sets up a real shootout some time in the next ten days.

It was way bigger today. The swell moved as predicted, with a touch more north angle, and wash-throughs were a standard feature. Pipe veered from near-unsurfability to amazing five-minute bursts of fire. Wild rides from Benji Brand, Jamie O’Brien, Makana Pang, John Florence, Seth Moniz (again!), Maikai McNamara, and two absolute gems late in the day from Billy Kemper and Balaram Stack — all right here in the highlights — were plucked from the craziness with great skill and daring.

In between all the bombing, we saw an amazing display of another water skill altogether. After an inadvertent jet-ski roll left the ski capsized and drifting in the middle of the surf zone, the operator Brandon Martin swam clear, waited for the ski to right itself, and re-engaged, getting the ski back into safe water within seconds. Take it from us, this was next level timing and water knowledge. Not for nothing is the Hawaiian Water Patrol renowned as world’s best.

Two more days of surfing are available to the contest during its waiting period, which extends to January 16. Check the forecast here https://www.surfline.com/surf-news/north-pacific-bender-continues-surf-heading-hawaii/193905 and below, and prepare for more wildness right here, live.

Photo: Pete Hodgson
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