I hear brotha man! We lived on Maui on and off for four years and we would hop over to Oahu quite often as we had friends on the North Shore. Like you, not a huge wave freak. The biggest about the same as yours and shouldn't have been out there. Couldn't resist though! Got a bad case of reef rash at Pipeline one day. The worst one was at a little place called Windmills on Maui. Super shallow and ate it. Got completely chewed up! Bled all over the place and was picking out chunks of reef and urchin quills...