#bad luck

Jaws’ big wave surfers put on a show; and provide a broken surfboard souvenir

Pro surfer Matahi Drollet wiped out at Jaws on Maui and broke his board, but a local found the tail piece and is returning it to him because keeping the fins of somebody else is “bad luck.”

1,275 Rocks Returned to Haleakalā in 2017

Letters of apology to Pele, the Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanoes, often accompany these rocks.