Thousands of surfers come to the North Shore of Oahu in October and stay until March to battle waves along an eight-mile stretch that runs from Haleiwa north to Turtle Bay.
The setting sun at Haleiwa Beach on Oahu’s North Shore.(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
The beach near Turtle Bay Resort, the North Shore’s only resort. (Marco Garcia / Associated Press)
Surfer Ian Walsh wipes out during a 2003 competition -- the Rip Curl Cup -- at Sunset Beach, Hawaii. Fall and winter draw thousands of surfers to Oahu’s coast to ride the monster waves. (Carol Cunningham / Associated Press)
While the surfer stars hit 20-foot waves, even boogie boarders get big ride at Sunset Beach on the north shore of Oahu. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
