Updated at 3:32 p.m., Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Backdoor Shootout hopes to go tomorrow
Advertiser Staff
The sixth annual Da Hui Backdoor Shootout may get the "green light" tomorrow if a northwest swell arrives as predicted.Competitors are looking forward to 6- to 8-feet surf, Hawaiian scale, with it building to 15 feet by tomorrow.
If the surfing contest goes on, it will start at 8 a.m. at Pipeline. Spectators should look for the scaffolding at 'Ehukai Beach Park.
To learn whether the contest is running, call the contest hot line at 638-0306.