This was Sunday a week ago, and a small pack of curious surfers were standing in a boat off a once legendary Western Pacific reef pass, watching 15-20 feet of raw groundswell blow up across the pass, ...

The view from the channel where boats are parked. Palikir is a full-on barrel wave at any size. All you need is a little juice on the swell, 12 second-plus interval and you'll get that inside spitting ...