Not to mention, Bodysurfing, the act of surfing a wave without a board, is considered by some to be the purest form of surfing.

In 2002, band member Layla Loxa won the World Championship in Bodysurfing.

Eventually, the event was adopted by the North Shore Bodysurfing Club in Haleiwa, Hawaii.

Annually, the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic competition runs at the world-famous Banzai Pipeline.

The Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic first ran February 1971 (which preceded the Pipe Masters, which ran December 1971).

Therefore, the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic was the first surfing event at Pipeline (Ehukai Beach Park) on the North Shore of Oahu.

Bodo and I had been watching a bodysurfing video starring Mark Cunningham, but when Ace found out I was writing some articles about the North Shore he insisted on an immediate full-scale press conference.

The Event was originally hosted by the Honolulu City Parks Department (to promote water safety and wave consciousness), as a multi-division bodysurfing, handboard and skegless paipo board competition open to both men and women.

The Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic is a bodysurfing competition held annually during the Winter season at the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.