November, 1979 | Vol. 156, No. 5
“The sea’s awesome power creates some of the world’s most challenging surf along Oahu’s North Shore. A rushing wave curls its lip in Waimea Bay (left), where experts try to vanquish swells up to 25 feet. Flippered feet point skyward as a bodysurfer wipes out amid the fury of a “banzai pipeline” wave near Sunset Beach (below).”



















