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397 Zablan Beach. Nânâkuli, O‘ahu. Section of Nânâkuli Beach Park. Named for Benjamin Zablan, district magistrate of the Wai- ‘anae District from 1916 to 1920 and one of the original Hawaiian homesteaders in Nânâkuli. He built his home on the beach next to Nânâkuli Stream in 1916 and then relocated to a Department of Hawaiian Homelands lot next to the beach in the 1920s. As other homesteaders moved into Nânâkuli and their children began swimming at the beach in front of his home, it became known as Zablan Beach. Z Buoy. Fish aggregating device, Kîpû Kai, Kaua‘i. Buoy anchored at approximately 892 fathoms. Landmarks: Makahû‘ena Point, Kawelikoa Point, Ninini Point. Zeros. 1. Surf site, Kekaha, Kaua‘i. Off Kekaha Beach Park. Zeros is a play on words with the names of three surf sites to the west: First, Second, and Third Ditch. It is called Zeros because it is before First Ditch. 2. Surf site, Waikîkî, O‘ahu. Outermost surf site in Waikîkî, seaward of First Break. Zeros is a play on words with the name First Break, which is normally the “first” break in Waikîkî on big days—but not when Zeros is breaking. Originally known as Zero Break, it is now shortened to Zeros. 3. Surf site, Waikîkî, O‘ahu. Seaward of Tongg’s and named after Zeros in Waikîkî. It breaks only during big south swells. Zippers. Surf site, Mâlaekahana, O‘ahu. Off Mâlaekahana State Park on the north side of Kalanai Point. Waves here are small but fast. They “zip” along. Zombies. Surf site, Mòkapu, O‘ahu. Off Nu‘upia Fishpond on Marine Corps Air Station, Kâne‘ohe Bay. In 1959, surfers from Kailua rode the waves on this shallow reef for the first time and named it Zombies Rock Garden for fun. Horror movies creating zombie awareness started with Zombies on Broadway in 1944 and continued through the 1960s with cult classics like the Night of the Living Dead, starring Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea in 1968. z Zombies 398 z mo‘olelo We discovered Zombies in 1959 and started surfing it regularly in the early 1960s. We named it Zombies Rock Garden for fun for the rocky bottom conditions of the reef. Our gang was the Harris brothers, Steve and Roger, Scot Muirhead, Roy Mesker, Byron Wright, and John Day. Roy lived near the marine base and everyone parked at his house. We started out surfing at Castle Point off the old skeet range, but the waves were hardly ever good, so we paddled into the base to check out the reefs there for surf. That’s how we discovered Zombies, and that was the beginning of the war between the surfers and the marines that is still going on today. Keith McClure, June 11, 1989 I first surfed Zombies in the winter of 1986 when I was twelve. I’d heard all the stories about the MPs arresting surfers out there from my friends at Shorebreak, but after we moved to Kalâheo Hillside, my dad and I decided to go for it. Zombies was just down the road from our house. Our first time there, we caught it on a perfect day with nobody out. The North Shore was big and there was a 3-, maybe 4-foot wrap coming around Mokumanu . It was glassy, no wind, and these long lefts were breaking from the outside all the way to the beach. We couldn’t believe we had it to ourselves. To get to Zombies you have to trespass on the marine base. First, you go around a chain-link fence. It sticks out over the water after it crosses a sharp reef shelf. Swinging around the fence with your board is tricky, especially when the surf’s pounding the rocks. You have to time it just right, or you get nailed. Then you have to walk about a quarter mile on a narrow sand trail between the shelf and the sand dunes. If the MPs come when you’re on the trail, it’s like you’re trapped. If you go back, they’ll grab you, so you have to run for the opening at the other end of the shelf where everyone goes out or try to run across the shelf and jump in the water. Crossing the shelf is deadly when you’re trying to...
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