Ho’okipa, a Beach Park, is located on Maui's North Shore alongside the Hana Highway. This beach has the most epic things on it. Hookipa means hospitality in Hawaiian, and this place is hospitable for wave riders as it is the most renowned windsurfing spot in the world. The windsurfing competitions are held here too.
The beach has picnic facilities and observation decks for visitors. The consistent strong winds on this beach make it ideal for surfing and kiting. Waves are well-shaped, are largest during winter and smaller in the summer, and break across a system of reefs extending across the bay.
The most spectacular waves at Ho’okipa hit during wintertime, and these waves reach a height of 10 to 15 feet. Due to the spectacularly large waves, Ho’okipa is a tourist attraction in Winters. According to a report, On December 15, 2004, tourists visited the beach to witness waves as large as 30 feet pond the shore. There are Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles in large groups basking in the sun on Maui's North Shore most days. Picnic pavilions, restrooms, showers, and a large paved parking lot on Ho’okipa Point are other excellent facilities at the park. Tourists can enjoy park views and offshore surfing.
“Ho’okipa Park Hula” Park’s Fame Promoter Song
A beautiful song written by Alice Johnson has promoted the Park’s fame. This song is entitled as Hoʻokipa Park Hula.”
On January 27, 1978, Alice Johnson wrote that in 1936 his family moved from Lower Pāʻia to Kūʻau. He sang with the Royal Hawaiian Band but left in 1937 to come home. He and his sister were curious about the Park’s beauty, so they decided to walk over the Park. The beauty and peacefulness of the entire Park view inspired him to write the song ‘Hoʻokipa Park Hula.”
Background History of Ho’okipa
In the early 1930s, there was contemporary surfing on Maui at Ho’okipa, and the Hookipa surf club was formed by a small group of surfers in 1935. In 1933 land was leased for the Park and Territory of Hawai’i title was conveyed in 1947. Harold Rice constructed a small building to serve as a clubhouse, and a few surfboard racks were donated to be kept in the club.
According to John R.K. Clark, two brothers named Donald and Teruo Uchimura were the foremost charter members. These brothers promoted surfing and surfing clubs because both had been avid surfers.
A destructive Tsunami on April 1, 1946, completely changed the natural features of Ho’okipa Beach Park. After bearing the loss of trees and most of the wide sand beach, a high seawall was constructed that now borders the seaward edge of the park to prevent further destruction.
There was another Hookipa surf club in the 1960s named Maui Surf Club, but it was changed to Hookipa Surf Club. Barbara and William Meheula founded this club and participated in many community service projects. They were the first to surf the immaculate surfing grounds on Maui and conceived names as familiar to today's surfers’ names – such as ‘Hot Sands,’ ‘Lone Palm,’ and ‘Pine Tree.’
A new ocean sport; Windsurfing
A new ocean sport, windsurfing, was introduced to Hawaii in 1970. This place became more famous in the 1980s when the international windsurfing community found that Ho’okipa Beach Park has some of the world's most exciting board sailing sites. Today windsurfers from around the globe come here for significant windsurfing competitions. Surfing contests are also held here. Aloha Classic is another long-running annual event.
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