Remember back in the early 1990’s when I was out on dawn patrol (sunrise surf Reported to be the best ever! Sorry, no pictures again. Two weeks later, while I was off-island for a business trip, the surf came up and Eddie went without me (again). Unfortunately, the giant surf arrived about 8 hours later than expected, so Eddie postponed. I went out at 5:30am and ended up parking almost three miles down the road because I arrived after the thousands of people who either camped overnight on the side of the road or left even earlier than I did. In mid February 2016, contest organizers announced that Eddie Would Go.
Only when open ocean swells exceed a minimum height of 6 meters (20+ feet), which creates wave faces of 9 to 12 meters (30 to 40 feet)! Furthermore, close isn’t good enough, and the conditions must be clean… Unforgettable because the only factor determining whether they go is a truly
EDDIE AIKAU FULL
Holding period is a full three months long (December through February) and it’s The Eddie is almost impossible to plan for because the This epic one-day event has been scheduled every winter since 1984 – and in theģ0-ish years since then, the waves have been big enough to hold the competition One of the greatest spectacles you can ever see – if you’re lucky! Held on the world famous Oahu North Shore at the
Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing competition (“TheĮddie” for short) is by far the hardest to work into any Hawaii vacation All the great Oahu Hawaii activities on the Hawaii event calendar, the
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