Ioa Valley Lele Kawa

Thanksgiving 06 some of the boys and I headed over to Maui, for a long weekend of cliff jumping and drinking. About an hour after we landed at the airport it was on. We pulled up to Ioa Valley. Right there next to the parking lot is a bridge that I would guess to be between 25 and 30 feet high over a tiny stream. We talk about how it would be cool to jump off if the stream were bigger. We wander around the park for a while before heading down to a larger stream. Where we get a few started jumps in. 8 foot ledge into about 1 foot of water.

Me Leading The Way On An Early Trip Splash

Then we decide to leave the park to find some bigger jumps. When we cross back over the bridge, there are some kids jumping from a ledge we didn't notice under the bridge about 15 feet above the water. We decide to join them for a little while. This builds our confidence and we decide maybe the bridge can be done.

The Maui Boy Front Flipping

We talk to some locals and they convince us that you can indeed jump off the bridge. However the landing zone is between the 2 brown rocks in the picture above. It is about 4 feet wide 6 feet long and 6 feet deep. In actuality you can't jump the landing zone is to small. What you have to do is stand at the notch in the hand rail, take a small steep and just fall the 30 or so feet. hoping the whole way that you missed those two rocks. The local guy in our group goes first, then the other two of us go for it.

The Maui Boy Goes First And Shows Us How Its Done

What not to do can be found here http://www.adventure-journal.com/2010/09/epic-fail-how-not-to-jump-off-a-bridge/