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Hawaii’s Landon McNamara, 28, won with a three-wave point total of 135.8 points. That included a perfect score of 50 on the highest-scoring wave of the contest. He won $50,000 and 350,000 miles ...
The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational (colloquially, "The Eddie" [1]) is a big wave surfing tournament held at Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.The tournament is named for native Hawaiian, champion big wave surfer, and life-saving Waimea Bay lifeguard, Eddie Aikau. [1]
The forecast for these massive waves in Hawaii prompted the organizers of The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, which KHON2 reports is the premier surfing event in the world, to schedule the ...
The surfing competition requires at least 40-foot waves by 8 a.m. the day of the competition to move forward, and consists of two rounds with five heats in each round, according to KHON2.
Until 2019, the event was the final leg of the Triple Crown of Surfing and the final event on the WSL Championship Tour. [2] Starting with the 2021 season (December 2020), the event is now the opening event of a 2020–21 competition season. In 2022, the event underwent major scheduling, naming, and invitation rules changes. [3] [4]
Lion Foundation Surf League: New Zealand: Noosa Festival of Surfing: Noosa, Queensland: Australia: 1992 O'Neill Sebastian Inlet Pro: Space Coast, Florida: United States: O'Neill World Cup of Surfing: Sunset Beach, Hawaii: United States: Bodysurfing. Part of the Triple Crown of Surfing: Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic: Oahu, Hawaii: United States: 1971
The three venues of Haleiwa, Sunset, and Pipeline are the last three major events of the professional surfing season; the Pipe Masters being the final event of the World Surf League Championship Tour up until 2020 when it became the first event of the 2020-21 wraparound season in December 2020.
This event was the second jewel of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. The O’Neill Women's World cup of Surfing competition took place at Sunset Beach, Hawaii, November 24-December 6 in 2010, and continues to take place year after year during that same time at Sunset Beach Hawaii. It is the next-to-last contest of the women's Championship Tour.