#Surfline

Big wave surfers flocked to Maui to delight the crowd at Jaws

Pro surfer Matahi Drollet wiped out at Jaws on Maui and broke his board, but a local found the tail piece and is returning it to him because keeping the fins of somebody else is “bad luck.”

Hawaiʻi surfing scientists conducting 3D research at epic Cloudbreak in Fiji

The team takes high-resolution images of the reef and uses a technique called photogrammetry to create 3D reconstructions that can be studied to help provide a better understanding of reef systems.