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Surfing Championships

Surfing Championships
Clip: 425590_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: No
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1755
Original Film: 039-103-04
HD: N/A
Location: Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Timecode: 00:44:19 - 00:45:47

NO AUDIO At Makaha Beach on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, the 14th Annual International Surfing Championships are held. Judges come from Peru, Australia and California. Points are awarded on the basis of longest ride and the biggest and most difficult wave. A beautiful day on Makaha Beach on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Throngs turn out on the island to watch the Surfing Championship. Young adult men take their surfboards into the water. CU Crowds gather to watch the competition between the surfers. One contest catches a wave and struggles to stay on the board. LS surfers ride the waves. They re not very big waves right now but keeping balance is a challenge. Crowds watch the surfing competition. A surfer rides a wave and wipes out in a splash. CU Young crowd looking unimpressed by the surfing championships. Surfer after surfer wipes on in the big waves. CU female spectators smiling at the scene before them. A surfer catches a curl but the water is just too much for him and he wipes out.