Tow-surfing At Pe'ahi "Jaws" Surfbreak
"Jaws" has been significant in recent years with the development and popularization of tow surfing. While many other big wave surf breaks around the world have seen an increase in tow surfing, "Jaws" has been at the forefront of the tow surfing revolution. Several documentary surf films, such as Stacey Peralta's Riding Giants and Dana Brown's Step Into Liquid, have exposed the quality of the wave to the world and immense crowding has plagued the break on the biggest days of surf. This has led to several dangerous and potentially life threatening incidents. So far nobody has drowned at "Jaws"; however' several prominent surfers have been lobbying to regulate or even limit tow surfing at the break for safety reasons.
Laird Hamilton is quoted in Laird (White Knuckle Extreme) (2001) saying that he and others are scanning over topographical maps, trying to find other surfbreaks throughout the world with the same characteristics.
On January 26, 2011, Australian Surfer Mark Visser became the first person to ever surf Jaws at night.
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