December 23, 1995, began with a sunny morning, typical of tropical locations like the North Shore. The post Heartbroken ...
Watching big wave riders tackle the Bay during the Eddie Aikau Invitational, it occurred to me that if Eddie himself competed ...
The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, commonly referred to as surfing’s most prestigious event, has only run 11 times since ...
All north shore beaches on Kauai and several Hawaii Island beaches were closed Friday due to a high surf warning and ...
A palpable air of excitement and anticipation settled over Honolulu this past weekend, as it became likely that the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest would be a go. Traffic jammed, ...
Sunday, The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational took place at Waimea Bay. Behind the scenes the spirit of "Eddie Aikau" was ...
Some factors contributing to last year’s rescues were volatile waves, plus people drinking and partying the day before and ...
Heat number two of round two was in the water, almost done, and for an hour it’d felt like the energy was beginning to drop out. Jamie O’Brien had the lead after a strong performance in heat one, with ...
The award comes as Long announces his retirement from the big-wave event that he won in 2009 to make way for the next ...
After I had eaten it badly on one wave, and was in the water swimming in after my board, I watched Butch take off on a huge ...
Simpson-Kane is no stranger to the notorious surfbreak; he’s been charging ‘Jaws’ since he was 13-year-old and says a ...