I kēlā me kēia makahiki, komo mālie ka poʻe heʻenalu honua o Kelly Slater i ka mokupuni a heʻenalu i kekahi o nā hoʻomaha maikaʻi loa ma ʻaneʻi.
Eia hou, i kēlā me kēia Nowemapa, lawe ka poʻe heʻe nalu o ka honua a me nā hui kamera kiʻi honua i ke kahakai hikina.
He ʻano heʻenalu haʻuki ia, a manaʻo ka pelekikena o ke kino hoʻokele o ka haʻuki e kū ana ʻo Barbados e ʻohi i nā pōmaikaʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo ka Pelekikena o ka Barbados Surfing Association (BSA) ʻo Andrew Lewis, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kau i ke kālā i ka hopena o ka heʻenalu, he mea nui loa ia.
"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noho a noʻonoʻo i ka waiwai kālā o ka heluna o ka poʻe e hele mai i Barbados e heʻenalu wale," wahi āna.
“ʻO ka poʻokela honua ʻewalu mau manawa [Slater] - ʻo ia kekahi o kāna mau wahi punahele e hiki mai ana, a ʻike nā poʻe a pau o ka ʻohana heʻenalu ʻo kona home ʻelua kēia. Ua ʻike kona mau hoaaloha a pau a hoʻolaha lākou i ka ʻōlelo. "
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Lewis i kēlā me kēia Nowemapa, loaʻa ka mokupuni i ka ʻike nui loa o ka honua i ka wā e mālama ai ka hui i ka Reef Classic makahiki ma Bathsheba.
"Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Barbados i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni heʻenalu maikaʻi," i wehewehe ʻo ia. "Aia ka uhi i loko o nā nūpepa he nui, a ua hana nui ka hanana Reef no ka mea he nui nā poʻe heʻe nalu Latin i ʻike e pili ana iā Barbados."
Ua kamaʻilio ʻo Lewis ma hope o ka mālama ʻana o ka BSA i kāna ʻaha makana i ka pō Pōʻaono no nā mea heʻenalu maikaʻi loa o 2007.
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