Aloha Classic
The Aloha Classic is the most prestigious event in the world of windsurfing. Held at Ho'okipa Beach Park on the north shore of Maui, this event has the best wave riding conditions and the best riders form all over the world. The event takes place each year in late October and early November, the time with the best waves and wind. Since 2011 it has been run by the International Windsurfing Tour as the final event of the IWT Wave Tour. It is often also part of the PWAWindsurf World Cup.
During the 1980s and 1990s The Aloha Classic was a Grand Slam event offering competition in all three of the PBA/PWA windsurfing disciplines: wave riding, slalom and course racing.
Due to lack of sponsors the event could not always offer all disciplines or get the status of an official PWA world cup. Since 2010, the contest has focused entirely on the radical big wave riding as this discipline has consistently offered the best global media content.
During the 1990s, a second competition was regularly held in Ho'okipa, known as the Maui Invitational. 1994-1995 there was a third competition, the Chiemsee World Cup Maui.
With eight victories at these various Hookipa events, Robby Naish is the most successful competitor in the wave contests at Ho'okipa, followed by Jason Polakow and Mark Angulo. For the women, Angela Farell is the best performer in history with seven victories in wave riding, ahead of Iballa Ruano Moreno and Debbie Brown.
List of winners
Competitions shaded grey were not counted as windsurf world cup.Year | Women | Men |
1984 | Dana Dawes Debbie Brown Dana Dawes | Alex Aguera Alex Aguera Alex Aguera |
1986 | Kelby Anno | Robby Naish |
1987 | Kelby Anno Dana Dawes | Robby Naish Alain Cadiz |
1988 | Dana Dawes Britt Dunkerbeck | Mark Angulo Bjørn Dunkerbeck |
1989 | Nathalie Le Lievre Angela Cocheran Britt Dunkerbeck Nathalie Le Lievre | Robby Naish Robby Naish Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck |
1990 | Angela Cocheran Angela Cocheran Britt Dunkerbeck Barbara Kendall | Bjørn Dunkerbeck Rush Randle Anders Bringdal Bjørn Dunkerbeck |
1991 | Britt Dunkerbeck Angela Cocheran Britt Dunkerbeck Britt Dunkerbeck | Bjørn Dunkerbeck Robby Naish Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck |
1992 | Britt Dunkerbeck Britt Dunkerbeck wave: no score | Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck wave: no score |
1993 | Jutta Müller ? ? ? | Bjørn Dunkerbeck Jason Polakow Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck |
1994 | Nathalie Le Lievre Barbara Kendall Nathalie Le Lievre Alessandra Sensini | Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck |
1998 | Jason Polakow | |
1999 | Jennifer Henderson | Nik Baker |
2000 | Angela Farrell Lucienne Ernst | Francisco Goya Kevin Pritchard |
2001 | ? | Tony Garcia |
2004 | Motoko Sato | wave: no score |
2005 | Jennifer Henderson | Alex Mussolini |
2006 | Iballa Ruano Moreno | Josh Angulo |
2011 | Junko Nagoshi | Camille Juban |
2012 | Junko Nagoshi | Bernd Roediger |
2013 | Levi Siver | |
Junko Nagoshi | Bernd Roediger | |
2014 | Iballa Ruano Moreno | Morgan Noireaux |
Junko Nagoshi | Boujmaa Guilloul | |
2015 | Iballa Ruano Moreno | Morgan Noireaux |
2016 | Sarah-Quita Offringa | Kevin Pritchard |
2017 | Sarah Hauser | Morgan Noireaux |
2018 | Sarah Hauser | Camille Juban |
2019 | Sarah-Quita Offringa | Antoine Martin |
Maui Invitational
In contrast to the Aloha Classic, the Maui Invitational takes part in spring time, when the trade winds are more reliable. This event was most of the time sponsored by the wet suit brand O'Neill.Year | Women | Men |
1984 | Peggy Kind ? ? | Robby Naish Robby Naish Robby Naish |
1985 | Debbie Brown | Alex Aguera |
1987 | Debbie Brown | Ian Boyd |
1988 | Lorraine Daly | Robby Naish |
1989 | Nathalie Le Lievre Angela Cocheran Nathalie Le Lievre Nathalie Le Lievre | Bjørn Dunkerbeck Mark Angulo Bjørn Dunkerbeck Phil McGain |
1990 | Dana Anderson | Dave Kalama |
1991 | Jessica Crisp Angela Cocheran Jessica Crisp Jessica Crisp | Bjørn Dunkerbeck Jason Polakow Bjørn Dunkerbeck Bjørn Dunkerbeck |
1992 | Britt Dunkerbeck wave: no score slalom: no score | Bjørn Dunkerbeck wave: no score slalom: no score |
1995 | Caroline Haslin | Robby Naish |
2000 | Angela Farrell | Kevin Pritchard |
2004 | Motoko Sato | Jason Polakow |
2005 | Iballa Ruano Moreno | Josh Angulo |
Chiemsee Worldcup Maui
At the heights of the windsurfing boom a third Worldcup took place at Ho'okipa, the Chiemsee Worldcup Maui. It took the time slot of the Maui Invitational, which in exchange was move to early summer.Year | Women | Men |
1994 | Jessica Crisp | Mark Angulo |
1995 | Jessica Crisp | Robby Naish |