This page is a tribute to the beautiful Rell Sunn, a former World Champion surfer from Makaha on the Island of Oahu, who finally lost her battle to breast cancer in 1998.
Sunn was renowned throughout Hawaii and many parts of the world for her skills as a lifeguard, diver, spear-fisher, and, most of all, as a top female surfer. At the heart of Rell Sunn were her spirited enthusiasm, her passion for life, and her extension of aloha to all she met.
Rell loved kids, and was the founder of the Menehune Surf Contest every year for kids
( Keiki’s, in the Hawaiian language ) !
The Menehune Surf Contest still goes on today, and benefits the Rell Sunn Educational Fund ! Please click the Menehune Surf Contest banner below to learn more about Rell and the Rell Sunn Educational Fund to educate kids about the same things we are passionate about here at Humu Surf, namely our oceans, beaches and all creatures embraced within…
