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FILE – U.S. surfer Eli Olsen rides a wave as Hawaiian surfer Jake Maki gets wiped out during The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest on Jan. 22, 2023, at Waimea Bay on the North ...
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 ]
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 ...
Edward Ryan Makuahanai Aikau (May 4, 1946 – March 17, 1978) was a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer.As the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu, he saved over 500 people and became famous for surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship.
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]
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. Randy Rarick is the executive director of the Vans Triple Crown of ...
He continues to pursue big wave thrills in Hawaii, Australia, California, Tasmania, South Africa, and Europe. He is known for surfing Shipsterns Bluff, [5] Cow Bombie, [6] and Pedra Branca. [7] In 2019, Clarke-Jones competed in the sixth season of Australian Survivor. He was medically evacuated on Day 28 after fracturing an ankle during a ...
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 Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational ...