The Aloha Classic is touted as "the single most prestigious event in the windsurfing world", held at Ho'okipa Beach Park on the north shore of Maui. The event takes place each year in late October and early November for the best wind and wave conditions and it is common to have 15–20 foot wave faces during the contest. Since 2011 the event has been run by the International Windsurfing Tour (IWT) as the Grand Final of The IWT Wave Tour. The IWT is the Hawaiian based organisation for the wave riders of the Asia Pacific hemisphere. The Aloha Classic has often been the final event of the Professional Windsurfers Association (PWA) crowning the PWA Wave World Champions.
During the 1980s and 1990s The Aloha Classic was a Grand Slam event offering competition in all three of the Professional Boardsailing Association PBA/PWA windsurfing disciplines: wave riding, slalom (windsurf)|slalom and course racing.
Due to the difficulty of raising high levels of prize money through sponsorship, the event could not always offer all disciplines or get the status of an official PWA World Cup. Since 2011, the contest has focused entirely on radical wave riding.
During the 1990s, a second competition was regularly held in Ho'okipa, known as the Maui Invitational. 1994-1995 there was a third competition, known as 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 (4), Mark Angulo (3) Morgan Noireaux (3). For the women, Angela Cocheran (7) is the best performer in history with seven victories in wave riding, ahead of Iballa Ruano Moreno (4) and Debbie Brown (3). (Status of 2020)
List of winners Competitions shaded grey were not counted as windsurf world cup.
Year Women Men 1984Triumph für Alex Aguera: Maui Grand Prix, surf Magazin 2/1985 Dana Dawes (overall) Debbie Brown (Wave) Dana Dawes (slalom) Alex Aguera (overall) Alex Aguera (Wave) Alex Aguera (slalom)1986Aloha Classic in den Riesenwellen von Ho'okipa: Ein Klassiker zum Gruseln, surf Magazin 1/1987, S. 84 Kelby Anno (wave) Robby Naish (wave)1987Robby Naish gewinnt gegen Stärkste Konkurreny das Aloha Classic: Klassiker, surf Magazin 1/1988, S. 90 Kelby Anno (wave) Dana Dawes (slalom) Robby Naish (wave) Alan Cadiz (slalom)1988Finale Grande: surf Magazin 12/1988, S. 88 Dana Dawes (wave) Britt Dunkerbeck (slalom) Mark Angulo (wave) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) 1989Worldcup Finale beim Aloha Classic: Deutsche Welle, surf Magazin 1/1990, S. 80 Nathalie Le Lievre (overall) Angela Cocheran (wave) Britt Dunkerbeck (slalom) Nathalie Le Lievre (course race) Robby Naish (overall) Robby Naish (wave) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race) 1990Worldcup Maui: Britt und Bjørn räumen ab: Seven Up, surf Magazin 1/1991, S. 92 Angela Cocheran (overall) Angela Cocheran (wave) Britt Dunkerbeck (slalom) Barbara Kendall (course race) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (overall) Rush Randle (wave) Anders Bringdal (slalom) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race) 1991Worldcup-Finale Maui: Erfolgswelle, surf Magazin 1/1992, S. 10 Britt Dunkerbeck (overall) Angela Cocheran (wave) Britt Dunkerbeck (slalom) Britt Dunkerbeck (course race) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (overall) Robby Naish (wave) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race) 1992Peter Stuyvesant Travel Aloha Classic, Maui/Hawaii, surf Magazin 1+2/1993 Britt Dunkerbeck (slalom) Britt Dunkerbeck (course race)wave: no score Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race)wave: no score 1993Peter Stuyvesant Travel Aloha Classic, Maui, Hawaii, surf Magazin 1+2/1994, S. 96 Jutta Müller (overall)? (wave)? (slalom)? (course race) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (overall) Jason Polakow (wave) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race) 1994Worldcup Finale Maui: Höhenflug, surf Magazin 1+2-1995, S. 112 Nathalie Le Lievre (overall) Barbara Kendall (wave) Nathalie Le Lievre (slalom) Alessandra Sensini (course race) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (overall) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (wave) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race) 1998Aloha Classic inside, surf Magazin 1+2/1999, S. 126(no competition) Jason Polakow (wave)1999Swatch Aloha Classic: Champions League, surf Magazin 1+2/2000, S. 104 Jennifer Henderson (wave) Nik Baker (wave)2000Aloha Classic: Worldcup-Finale auf Maui, surf Magazin 1+2/2001, S. 101 Angela Farrell (née Cocheran) (wave) Lucienne Ernst (Race) Francisco Goya (wave) Kevin Pritchard (Race)2001News: surf Magazin 1+2/2002, S. 95 ? Tony Garcia2004Comeback: Aloha Classic, surf Magazin 1+2/2005, S. 18 Motoko Sato (wave) wave: no score 2005Maui/Ho'okipa: Aloha Classic: Mussolini vor Ordonez, surf Magazin 1+2/2006, S. 20 Jennifer Henderson (wave) Alex Mussolini (wave) 2006 Iballa Ruano Moreno (wave) Josh Angulo (wave) 2011 Junko Nagoshi (wave) Camille Juban (wave)2012 Junko Nagoshi (wave) Bernd Roediger (wave) 2013 (no competition) Levi Siver (wave) Junko Nagoshi (wave) Bernd Roediger (wave) 2014 Iballa Ruano Moreno (wave) Morgan Noireaux (wave) Junko Nagoshi (wave) Boujmaa Guilloul (wave) 2015 Iballa Ruano Moreno (wave) Morgan Noireaux (wave) 2016 Sarah-Quita Offringa (Wave) Kevin Pritchard (Wave) 2017 Sarah Hauser (Wave) Morgan Noireaux (Wave) 2018 Sarah Hauser (Wave) Camille Juban (Wave) 2019 Sarah-Quita Offringa (Wave) Antoine Martin (Wave)2021 Adam Warchol (Wave Youth) 2022 Jessica Crisp (Wave) Marcillio Browne (Wave) 2023 Sarah-Quita Offringa (Wave) Antoine Martin (Wave) 2024 Sarah Hauser (Wave) Bernd Roediger (Wave) 2025 Sarah-Quita Offringa (Wave) Morgan Noireaux (Wave)
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. In 2025, the event was revived as Maui Pro-Am sponsored by Maui Fin Company as four star event in the IWT/PWA combined Wave tour.
Year Women Men1984Maui: Robbys Rivalen hatten keine Chance, surf Magazin 7/1984Peggy Kind (overall) ? (wave) ? (slalom) Robby Naish (overall) Robby Naish (wave) Robby Naish (slalom)1985O’Neill Invitational vor Maui: Nachwuchs heizt Altstars ein, surf Magazin 6/1985 Debbie Brown (wave) Alex Aguera (wave) 1987O’Neill Invitational auf Hawaii: Kihei Kids vorne, surf Magazin 6/1987, S. 137 Debbie Brown (wave) Ian Boyd (wave) 1988O’Neill Invitational auf Maui/Hawaii: Revanche Geglückt, surf Magazin 6/1988, S. 140 Lorraine Daly (wave) Robby Naish (wave) 1989O’Neill Invitational, Bis zum Hals im Wasser: Worldcup Hawaii/Maui, surf Magazin 6/1989, S. 56 Nathalie Le Lievre (overall) Angela Cocheran (wave) Nathalie Le Lievre (slalom) Nathalie Le Lievre (course race) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (overall) Mark Angulo (wave) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) Phil McGain (course race)1990Worldcup Maui: Dunkerbeck gegen Hawaiianer: Einer kam durch, surf Magazin 6/1990, S. 110 Dana Anderson (wave) Dave Kalama (wave)1991Worldcup Maui: Jason Polakow, der Shootinstar. Ho'okipas neuer Hero, surf Magazin 6/1991, S. 18 Jessica Crisp (overall) Angela Cocheran (wave) Jessica Crisp (slalom) Jessica Crisp (course race) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (overall) Jason Polakow (wave) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (slalom) Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race)1992Marui/O’Neill Grand Slam Maui/Hawaii, surf Magazin 6/1992 S. 96 Britt Dunkerbeck (course race) wave: no scoreslalom: no score Bjørn Dunkerbeck (course race) wave: no scoreslalom: no score 1995Worldcup Maui O’Neill Invitational: Polakow mischt wieder mit, surf Magazin 6/1995, S. 150 Caroline Haslin (wave) Robby Naish (wave)2000Maui Worldcup, surf Magazin 6/2000, S. 24 Angela Farrell (née Cocheran) (wave) Kevin Pritchard (wave)2004Hawaii Pro auf Maui: Die Comeback-Show, surf Magazin 5/2004, S. 108 Motoko Sato (wave) Jason Polakow (wave)2005wave-Worldcup Maui: Sturm der Begierde, surf Magazin 5/2005, S. 114 Iballa Ruano Moreno (wave) Josh Angulo (wave)2025 Marine Hunter (wave) Marcilio Browne (wave)
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 moved to early summer.
Year Women Men1994Chiemsee Worldcup Maui: Einer wird gewinnen, surf Magazin 5/1994, S. 124 Jessica Crisp (wave) Mark Angulo (wave)1995Maui Chiemsee Wace Classic: Naish unschlagbar bei Wind von links, surf Magazin 5/1995, S. 130 Jessica Crisp (wave) Robby Naish (wave)
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