Wave Rage in Hawaii

'Wave rage' in Hawaii with surfer vs. surfer

WAILUKU, Hawaii – A judge ordered a windsurfer to stay at least 100 feet away from Kahana Beach Park after he allegedly slammed into a kitesurfer in an act of "wave rage." "Find another place to windsurf for the time being," Circuit Judge Reinette Cooper told Dane Barnhard, 54, dur­ing a bail hearing Wednesday. "We have road rage, now I'm hearing wave rage."

Barnhard pleaded innocent to second-degree assault for deliberately windsurfing into a kitesurfer in December. The kitesurfer received nine stitches to his leg. Barnhard faces a March 18 trial. Windsurfers use a surf board with an attached sail; kitesurfers use a board pulled by a kite that sometimes lifts them out of the water.

SOURCE Commercial Appeal, January 4, 2002