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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 ...
One of the world's most prestigious and storied surfing contests was held Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Hawaii for the first time in seven years. ... 2023, in Hawaii for the first time in seven years ...
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 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]
Surfing competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games are scheduled to be held between October 24 and 30, 2023 at Punta de Lobos beach in the Pichilemu commune of Chile. [1] 8 medal events are scheduled to be contested (four per each gender). A total of 88 surfers will qualify to compete at the games. [2]
Score Runner-Up Nation Score Prize money 1984 Mark Occhilupo Australia: 5.00 Hans Hedemann: Hawaii: 0.00 1996: Kelly Slater United States: 24.75 Taylor Knox United States: 22.25 $105,000 1998: Michael Barry Australia: 25.30 Sunny Garcia: Hawaii: 19.75 $120,600 1999: Joel Parkinson Australia: 21.50 Ross Williams Hawaii: 17.45 $120,600 2000: Jake ...
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 ...