BACKYARDS
After a great start to the Hawaiian winter the islands were hit by an armada of onshore, north winds, which are traditionally accompanied by bad weather and rain. The one good thing from this weather pattern is that it’s the perfect wind direction for sailing the bone-crunching break known as ’Backyards’, located on the infamous ‘7-mile wonder’ that is Oahu’s North Shore.
Story Jason Polakow Photos John Bilderback
(This feature originally appeared in the March 2013 issue of Windsurf Magazine. Print and digital subscriptions for readers worldwide are available HERE.)
It had been 5 long years since my last session at Backyards and I was looking to get out of the bad weather on Maui and into sunshine and some powerful clean faces that the North Shore is famous for.
