Introduction
A general contest report with photographs and results of the long running Makaha contest, won by Australia's Midget Farrelly, whose surname is misspelt throughout the article. 
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The 10th annual Makaha International Surf Championships finished in a mushy thee foot surf after an unusually promising start.
The heats and semi-finals saw surf ranging from fifteen to eighteen foot to one day and a solid mix of a solid six to eight on another.
The major (grief?) of the event was Australian Bernard "Midget" Farrelley's (sic) winning of the senior men's title, marking the first time a non-islander has won the crown.
Peter Cole, who won the senior men's in 1958 is considered a product of Hawaii, as is two-time winner, George Downing.
Californian, Nancy Nelson won the women's open with Marge Calhoun gaining a strong second.
Nancy hails from San Clemente , Marge from Laguna Beach.

Two of the top performances were turned in by general chairman, Ken Simpson, and venue chairman, Mud Werner.
They are credited with several improvements in the running of the Makaha championships that were favorably accepted by participants and spectators.
The contest was run on consecutive days to avoid the ten-week fiasco of last year; judges were not allowed to compete; heats were well planned with one ready to go immediately following the completion of the previous one; and several judges were selected from California as well as Hawaii.

One of the highlights of the heats was the quality of the point surf that boomed through on Sunday, December 23.
The judges had some difficulty in getting a heat together for the eighteen foot giants and once outside, few were riding.
According to judge Mike Diffenderfer, the surf size forced postponement before the final heat.
Several of the judges the adjourned to the waves where conditions were outstanding.

In spite of the improvements, the Makaha judging system was still under fire by both judges and participants.
A heavy rating is given for the length of ride (passing buoys gives from 5 to 30 points) while performance is allowed a possible of only 10.
One judge judges one rider on a wave and then passes his card onto the next judge who judges that same rider's next wave.
The system of judging one rider at a time is necessary with the "buoy" or "flag" system, but is the "buoy" system necessary?
In California, Australia, and Peru, the "relativity" method (judging one performance against the others) has proven very successful, with few ever disputing the results.
While expressing his views, judge Dewey Weber emphasised the fact that distance received a higher rating than performance and indicated that some changes may be in store for next year. 

Men's Finals 1st   Bernard Farrelley - Australia 2nd  Bobby Ah Choy - Hawaii 3rd "Nappy"  Napoleon - Hawaii 4th "Blue" Makua- Hawaii Women's Finals 1st Nancy Nelson - California 2nd Marge Calhoun - California 3rd Anona Naone - Hawaii 4th Candy Calhoun - California Bernard "Midget" Farrelley, 1st place in the senior men's. Photo by

Jr. Finals 1st Peter "Pope"Kahapea - Hawaii 2nd John Clark - Hawaii 3rd John Sadowski - Hawaii 4th Fred Hemmings - Hawaii Tandem Finals 1st    "Nappy" Napoleon and Sue Ketner - Hawaii 2nd   Bobby Ah Choy and Gordon Miller - Hawaii 3rd   Fred Hemmings  and Heide Stephens - Hawaii 4th   Rabbit Kakai and Lucinda Smith - Hawaii Peter "Pope"Kahapea, 1st place in the junior men's. Ron Church.

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