Ishimine made his mark as one of the first top surfer watermen from Maui, both chasing and conquering big waves and custom shaping boards for some of the best in the sport. Ishimine died surfing ...

The day the Eddie Invitational ran in absolutely cranking conditions, Albee Layer scratched his yellow 9'4" Sean Ordonez ...

Now that the historic swell is a week-plus in the rearview mirror, Layer has decided to run an informal auction on Instagram of the board he rode ... the reason big-wave surfing has progressed ...