North Shore NewsWaiting Period: March 21-April 3, 2019
What: Women’s Shortboard, Longboard and Bodyboard, one day
Runs in conjunction with the Body Surfing Event, two days
Who: Women who love Pipeline and charge the tube!
In Memory of: Josie Over
Time: 8am to 4pm, best days of waves from 6 feet to 15 feet, NOAA
Information: Surf News Network, 808-596-7873,
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Prize Purse: $4,000.00 in Cash and Prizes
Sponsors: Surf n Sea Surf Shop, The North Shore Surf Girls Surf School, Banzai Betty Enterprises, The North
Shore Surf Bus Activities Tour, Pakaloha Bikinis, Aloha Pearls, 808 SUP, Surf News Network, North Shore
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Artist: Mariela Acosta
Check-In: March 21, Volcom house, Pipeline, 4-5pm
It’s that time of year when the wahine challenge themselves to the tubing waves of Banzai Pipeline. This
years event will have short boarding, body boarding and long boarding in a one day format and runs in
conjunction with the body surfing competition, a total three days of surfing.
Surf n Sea Surf Shop in Haleiwa is the main supporter of the event and has been for many of the
22 years that the event has been organized. The contest originally started in 1990 for Women Bodyboarders
when a core group of wahine got together to organize the contest. Later shortboard surfers wanted the
challenge and were added on to the competition. This year the event is non rated but still there are a
core group of ladies that want to surf the break!
The North Shore Surf Girls Surf School are also onboard to support.
“Sponsoring this event is kind of a dream come true for me.” explained owner Carol Philips, one of the original Pipeline contest organizers. “ I love Pipeline and I’m humbled to be in a position to be able to support an event for women.” Also founding wahine, Betty Depolito is working hard on providing this opportunity to the wahine. “This is another rare opportunity for the women to have an event on the North Shore. We are anticipating a great day of waves and look forward to a great experience for all the athletes.” This will be the last year for a three year period due to the new permit structure. “We
want to go out with a bang for now”, said Depolito. “We do hope that there will be another opportunity
with another organization to have a Women’s Pipe event, I think that more and more girls want to be
a part of Pipeline. Especially the bodyboarders who excel at the break.”