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It is on! For the first time since 2010, the best surfing contest, the Quicksilver For Eddie has begun. This can only run when the conditions are perfect. This is the big one, these are the best, and the waves are 40 to 50 feet..
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‘Eddie’ surf contest kicks off | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
‘Eddie’ surf contest kicks off
By Nick Abramo , Craig Gima and Dan Nakaso
February 25, 2016
The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surfing contest got underway this morning at 8 a.m.
Event organizers had announced at 7:16 a.m. today that they would hold the big-wave surfing contest.
The contest has only been held eight times since 1985 and is only held when waves are consistently clean and around 40 feet during daytime hours for at least six to eight hours. The last time the Eddie was a go was on Dec. 8, 2009.
Today’s announcement was made by Clyde Aikau, the brother of the revered Hawaiian waterman, to a cheering crowd of thousands. ”Today has to be one of the best days I’ve seen in 40 years,” Aikau, who won the meet in 1986, said over the public address system.
His sister, Myra, and brother, Solomon, then asked the competitors to look out for one another in the pounding surf. “Safety first,” they both said.
Jodi Wilmott, general manager of the World Surf League Hawaii, estimated today’s crowd at 10,000 to 12,000. “It’s max packed,” she said.
Lifeguards were constantly telling spectators to watch their children, be prepared to run to higher ground, and to get out of the area near the mouth of the Waimea River as huge waves rolled onto shore. A Coast Guard helicopter and patrol plane took turns flying over Waimea Bay.
Event organizers referred to today’s surf as “The Brock Swell” in honor of big wave rider and North Shore lifeguard Brock Little, who died from cancer this month.
Today’s excitement was in stark contrast to earlier this month when thousands flocked to Waimea Bay only to hear that the contest would not be held after all because wave and wind conditions were not perfect.
Gnarly
Watch it live, online at World Surf League - The global home of surfing
‘Eddie’ surf contest kicks off | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
‘Eddie’ surf contest kicks off
By Nick Abramo , Craig Gima and Dan Nakaso
February 25, 2016
The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surfing contest got underway this morning at 8 a.m.
Event organizers had announced at 7:16 a.m. today that they would hold the big-wave surfing contest.
The contest has only been held eight times since 1985 and is only held when waves are consistently clean and around 40 feet during daytime hours for at least six to eight hours. The last time the Eddie was a go was on Dec. 8, 2009.
Today’s announcement was made by Clyde Aikau, the brother of the revered Hawaiian waterman, to a cheering crowd of thousands. ”Today has to be one of the best days I’ve seen in 40 years,” Aikau, who won the meet in 1986, said over the public address system.
His sister, Myra, and brother, Solomon, then asked the competitors to look out for one another in the pounding surf. “Safety first,” they both said.
Jodi Wilmott, general manager of the World Surf League Hawaii, estimated today’s crowd at 10,000 to 12,000. “It’s max packed,” she said.
Lifeguards were constantly telling spectators to watch their children, be prepared to run to higher ground, and to get out of the area near the mouth of the Waimea River as huge waves rolled onto shore. A Coast Guard helicopter and patrol plane took turns flying over Waimea Bay.
Event organizers referred to today’s surf as “The Brock Swell” in honor of big wave rider and North Shore lifeguard Brock Little, who died from cancer this month.
Today’s excitement was in stark contrast to earlier this month when thousands flocked to Waimea Bay only to hear that the contest would not be held after all because wave and wind conditions were not perfect.
