Code Red Two Swell Ignites Mythical Maui Wave Maalaea with Kai Lenny (Video)

A few years back, something special happened on Maui.

It was July of 2022, and a mythical beast came to life. Freight Trains, a reeling and extremely rare wave at Maalaea Harbor, came to life in historic fashion.

And while many Maui surfers were getting the waves of their lives – exceptionally long tubes at a wave that scarcely breaks – other parts of the island saw surf, too. Perhaps not as perfect; yet still, just as rare. Like the shorebreak session that went down at Kaanapali Beach. Check out the highlights below.

BEEFS T.V. recently unleashed the vault, showing that session from 2022, featuring Maui’s own Clay Marzo taking on the thumping, sand-bottomed barrels of Kaanapali. According to BEEFS, it was, “some of the biggest and gnarliest shorebreak waves in years.”

Tourists onshore gathered to watch; whitewater washed into beachfront buildings.

But really, the swell will go down in history for what happened at Maalaea Harbor. Code Red Two, it was dubbed. And below, follow along as Kai Lenny surfs the mythical wave, something so special and seldom seen, it’s worth revisiting.

Red Bull captioned:

“On July 17, a few days after the Code Red Two swell thumped into Teahupo’o in Tahiti, it continued across the South Pacific and turned north, stealing through the tiny gap between the coast of Maui and the uninhabited islet of Kayo-olawe at the exact perfect angle needed to turn the Ma'alaea Harbor into the world’s fastest wave. So rare is this gem that Maui’s Kai Lenny, rider of the world’s wildest waves, had never surfed it before.”

And Kai added:

“I think this goes down as one of the all-time greatest days on Maui, at least in my lifetime. The waves were all-time, all day long, I can’t believe what just happened."