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.
YearWomenMen
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
2006Iballa 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.
YearWomenMen
1984Peggy Kind
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?
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.
YearWomenMen
1994 Jessica Crisp Mark Angulo
1995 Jessica Crisp Robby Naish