Drainpipe, Smash Face, Left Point – Stan Lawrence and friends share colorful memories of the legendary surf breaks of Kalapana, a village on the southeast coast of Hawaii Island where Kamehameha the Great was said to have practiced the “sport of kings.” A series of lava flows in the 1990s wiped out most of the village and altered the coastline and the shape of its waves. Now Lawrence has gathered his friends to share photographs and record memories of the surfing paradise they miss so much.
“Great reading. Full of surprises and down-home reminiscences about some of Hawaii’s best surfers.” – Jim Kempton, former Editor and Publisher of SURFER magazine, and current Executive Director of the California Surf Museum
“A must-read for any surfer with an appreciation of Hawaiian surf history. Captures the spirit of a very special place.” Randy Rarick, co-founder of Internation Professional Surfers (IPS) and Triple Crown of Surfing
Stan Lawrence, owner of Orchid Land Surfboards, is a long-time resident of Hawaii Island and an award-winning surfer. His early years were spent on the waves in Malibu, California, where his father was a surfer, too, and his mother a competition swimmer. Lawrence has been a moving force in the organization of surf contests on Hawaii Island.