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Professional surfer Keala Kennelly showed up for the big swell last week  to tow-in at Maui’s famous surf spot called Peahi which is also known as “Jaws”.  Keala has been featured on many movies playing herself in movies such as Blue Crush and Stepping into Liquid. Keala one of three woman surfing Jaws that day represented woman who surf big waves.

I received a late evening call January 16, 2010  saying that the famous surf spot, Peahi known as ”JAWS”  would be breaking in the morning. “Jaws” has been significant in recent years with the development and popularization of tow in surfing.  While many other big wave surf breaks around the world have seen an increase in tow surfing, “Jaws” has been at the forefront of the tow surfing revolution. Several documentary surf films, such as Stacey Peralta’s Riding Giants and Dana Brown’s Step into Liquid have exposed the quality of the wave to the world and immense crowding has plagued the break on the biggest days of surf. This has led to several dangerous and potentially life threatening incidents. So far nobody has drowned at “Jaws”, however several prominent surfers have been lobbying to regulate or even limit tow surfing at the break for safety reasons.

Below are a few images from the other day taken by: Nicole Sanchez of Behind The Lens Maui who is always available to shoot you surfing these monsters and or any other type of extreme sport while your on Maui. To view more images check out?www.behindthelensmaui.com where Nicole’s photography ranges from Weddings to sports.

These images are copyrighted and using them is against the law without permission from  Behind The Lens Maui.

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Photo by Nicole @ Behind The Lens Maui

December 21, 2009- Surfing at Guard Rails, Maui Hawaii

Today I went down to meet Dustin Tester, owner of Maui Surfer Girls who was busy giving a surf lesson to a family of five from Chicago.  I hung out and photographed the family surfing and wanted to share their group shot with you all.

If your family is coming to Maui and you want to learn to surf, call Dustin at Maui Surfer Girls.