North Shore

It would be difficult to name any location that has been more affected and altered by the camera than Oahu s famous North Shore. Thanks in part to the power of the photographic image; the population of the North Shore has grown to accommodate 18,000 residents and more than two million annual visitors, all in an area just 7 miles long, between precipitous mountain cliffs and the vast Pacific Ocean. The North Shore was once a remote and undocumented playground to Hawaiian Royalty, but with the introduction of the railroad, the Haleiwa hotel and finally big-wave surfers, Oahu s North Shore has become more of a 24-hour carnival than a lazy country town. Life-long North Shore resident and talented photographer Adam Palmer has captured the many facets of this seven-mile miracle and Will Hoover has covered the North Shore beat in the Honolulu Advertiser since 2002. North Shore is a fantastic and beautiful photographic ride from Laie to Waimea Bay.