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Makua Rothman

Makua Rothman

Country flag United States

Age: 42

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Lives in: United States

Gender: Male

Nationality: American

AKA: "Makuakai"

Height: 1.78 m (5.84 f)

Weight: 81 kg (178.57 lb)

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Stance: Regular

Disciplines: Big Wave Surfing

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Ju-jitsu fights out the back of 40-foot Nazaré: Season 2, Episode 10 [Trailer] Sword fighting at Jaws. The untold story of Maya Gabeira’s near drowning. $40K paydays for surf photographers. Big-wave measurement musings. In Season 2, Episode 10 of How Surfers Get Paid, we investigate the cultural resonance of Big Wave Surfing. Watch "The Bounty Hunters" on Stab Premium. https://stabmag.com/stabcinema/how-surfers-get-paid-the-bounty-hunters/

6/24/2026   |   video icon

Backdoor Shootout Day 1 Highlights: Watch Pipeline Go From 2 to 20 Foot in One Day! “Hawaiian kine kind of day. 2 feet one moment, twenty feet the next.” – Bethany Hamilton The guarantees in life are death, taxes, and the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout scoring. The forecast for opening day was a lifeguard’s nightmare and a surfer’s dream. Small and clean in the morning, with each set getting bigger throughout the day—a recipe for tourists losing their sandals or, worse, their lives. The day started with the SUP and longboard divisions, which, as you’d imagine with a long-period swell at Pipe, was like trying to park a lifted Yota in a compact spot at Foodland. Every heat had a broken board and a wipeout reel to go with it. But in the longboard final, Pipeline put on its prettiest face as Kala DeSoto packed a 9.88 in the best display of longboard tube riding I’ve ever seen personally. The action just kept getting crazier and crazier as a twenty-second interval W swell pulsed through the afternoon. For a while, there were no second-reef roll-ins, just mutant double-ups that had Pipe’s greatest stalwarts pin-dropping from the lip. Sinpei Horiguchi for Team Japan was guillotined, and like a warrior, he paddled back out after for more. Only one surfer would find the chip-in, and of all people, it was Bethany Hamilton. The conditions had deteriorated at that point, but the drop sent shockwaves through the crowd. The swell peaks tonight. Tomorrow will be equally as menacing.

1/5/2025   |   video icon

Where modern surfing began: Honolulu | NO CONTEST: OFF TOUR While Hawaii’s Oahu is widely recognised as the home of modern surfing, the incredible waves at the famed venues of Pipeline and Waimea Bay can often overshadow the spiritual home of what the Hawaiians refer to as the Sport Of Kings. Honolulu, or “Town” to those living on the famed North Shore, is where it all began for the beach boys at Waikiki, situated between the Ala Moana Beach Park to the west, and the iconic Diamond Head to the east. With perfect, long, warm water waves lapping onto the sands of Waikiki year-round the environment is perfect for humans of all shapes, sizes and abilities to try their hand at wave riding. while for the local community surfing has proven not only to be a form of employment but a way of life, and a means to achieve international success and fame.. In this episode of No Contest host Ashton Goggans shares waves at Waikiki, and roams the streets of Honolulu with everyone from Pipe Master Jamie O’Brien to world long boarding champions Kai Sallas and Kelia Moniz, and gets an insight into how one of the world’s busiest bucket list tourist destinations manages to maintain its appeal to travellers and locals alike. Beyond Waikiki's ribbon of white sand Ashton samples some of the South Shore’s heavier waves and catches up with the family behind one of surfing’s most famous brands, the Sugiharas from Town & Country. Still need more? Ashton gets a tattoo, Jamie gets an amazing barrel, and a whole heap of groms get stoked at the annual Local Motion Surf Into Summer contest. What’s not to love! We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed pulling it together. #nocontest #honolulu #hawaii #waikiki

12/1/2024   |   video icon
 
 

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