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The Kid They (Used to) Call ‘Westside Opihi’

Living on the Westside of Maui, it can be pretty tough to leave my zone. We get winter and summer swells all within a 15-minute drive, all turning out most of the best waves on the entire island.

Living on the Westside of Maui, it can be pretty tough to leave my zone. We get winter and summer swells all within a 15-minute drive, all turning out most of the best waves on the entire island. This is why any time I see people from other parts of the island they joke and call me Westside Opihi, a reference to a Hawaiian shellfish that is usually stuck to one rock for most of its life. But now, as I grow older, I’m learning there are plenty of cool zones on the island outside of my 15-minute bubble to go adventure, film, and find sick waves.