Jaws (spot of surfing)

Jaws is the name given to a famous beach of Peahi on the island of Maui in the archipelago of Hawaii located in the Pacific Ocean, with approximately 3.900 kilometers in the south-west of San Francisco.

Jaws is located on the northern coast of the island, between the terminals of the 13 and 14th miles on Hana highway. It is located at the foot of the hills being used for the plantation of the cane with sugar.

This beach is called " Jaws" ( jaw in English) because of size and of ferocity of its waves, which can generally move until the speed of 48 kilometer per hour when the climatic conditions are met, between February and December.

There exists many other spots of surfing in the world with waves identical height, but Jaws remains particularly famous for the quality of its wave.

Tow-Surfing At Jaws Jaws has been significant in recent years with the development and popularization off tow surfing. While many other big wave surfing station-wagons around the world cuts seen year increase in tow surfing, Jaws has been At the will forefront the tow surfing revolution off. Several documentary surfing films, such ace Stacey Peralta' S Riding Giants and Dana Brown' S Step Into Liquid , cuts exposed the quality off the wave to the world and immense crowding has plagued the station-wagon one the biggest days off surfing. This has led to several dangerous and potentially life threatening incidental. So far nobody has drowned At Jaws, however several prominent surfers cuts been lobbying to regulate gold even limit tow surfing At the station-wagon for safety reasons.

Hamilton is quoted in Laird: Extreme White Knuckle saying that He and others are looking over topographical maps, trying to find other beaches throughout the world with the same characteristics.

Road Blockage

Ace off 2006, the road to Jaws had been intentionally blocked by placing derelict vehicles across the road, and setting them one fire. In addition to the vehicles, there are Tank trap - style cuts into the roads, preventing all goal small, ATV - style vehicles from approaching from the highway.

The reason for the blockage is related to the December 15,2004 crowding off the beach. Surfer S who were not qualified, tourists, and many others showed up to the beach to observes the massive surfing. People were injured, and Laird Hamilton ace well ace Dave Kalama complained that the congestion one the waves made it difficult to surfing.

The only way to approach Jaws is from another beach one the coast, by boat gold Jet ski (which is required off race for Big wave surfing anyways). -->

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