Maui waterman Archie Kalepa reportedly “seriously injured his left knee when he was slammed by a 40-foot wave while tow-in surfing with partner Buzzy Kerbox” on Monday January 11, 2010 according to a story in the Honolulu Advertiser.
“I was too deep, too far behind the peak, and there was no place for me to go,” said Kalepa, who also is the county’s ocean safety supervisor. “It broke in front of me and I tried to outrun it as much as I could but the whitewater caught up with me.”
After watching the Christmas Day footage it’s amazing more people aren’t hurt surfing Pe’ahi.
[Link: Honolulu Advertiser]
