The violent history of Oahu’s North Shore may have stemmed from the debilitating history of colonialism.  However localism, or the backlash of natives against the wave of tourists has been a growing problem.  Nobody owns the ocean.

With the invention of the internet and web cams the element of catching a swell by surprise has been taken out surfing. The days of scoring a lonely perfect wave now requires a jet-set route off the radar.  You can watch pipeline breaking live at www.surfline.com