Hidden just beyond the tiny sign that announces 'Ehukai Beach Park' is one of the world's most iconic and undoubtedly the most famous surfing break in the world - Banzai Pipeline, variously known as 'Pipeline' or 'The Pipe'. The wave itself is ancient but the name only goes back to 1961 when three California surfers stopped to film Phil Edwards riding a magnificent wave next to an underground pipeline construction project. The name stuck and in 1963 surf rock band, The Chantays, titled their pumping tune 'Pipeline' which cemented the name in place forever.
Banzai Pipeline - The World's Most Famous Wave
Banzai Pipeline - The World's Most Famous…
Banzai Pipeline - The World's Most Famous Wave
Hidden just beyond the tiny sign that announces 'Ehukai Beach Park' is one of the world's most iconic and undoubtedly the most famous surfing break in the world - Banzai Pipeline, variously known as 'Pipeline' or 'The Pipe'. The wave itself is ancient but the name only goes back to 1961 when three California surfers stopped to film Phil Edwards riding a magnificent wave next to an underground pipeline construction project. The name stuck and in 1963 surf rock band, The Chantays, titled their pumping tune 'Pipeline' which cemented the name in place forever.