The North Shore’s economy is riding as high as the big winter waves as a number of surfing competitions from the “Eddie” to the World Surf League’s opening championship tournaments bolster interest in the region, leading to residual opportunities for a financial boom.
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Perhaps, since it’s still January, you haven’t given up on a New Year’s resolution to improve your fitness, and instead of eating a big meal you get in some exercise during your lunch break.
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Luke Shepardson won first place in Sunday’s 2023 Eddie Aikau Invitational Big Wave Contest at Waimea Bay in a breathtaking display of surfing that surpassed the highest expectations.
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At 9:15 a.m. personnel responded to the scene at Ke Iki Road where a large wave crashed into vehicles and a house, where two people and a baby were standing.
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At 9:15 a.m., personnel responded to the scene at Ke Iki Road where a large wave crashed into vehicles and a house, where two people and a baby were standing.
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This year’s Eddie enjoys further landmark status by fielding women alongside men in a world-class event, without separate divisions, Maui’s Paige Alms said, adding, “I’ve never done that in a big-wave surfing contest.”
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The extended warning is in effect until 6 p.m. Monday and calls for “dangerous large breaking waves” between 35 to 50 feet on the affected north shores, and from 25 to 35 feet along the west shores.
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The contest — set to run for the first time since 2016, and a 10th time since launched in the mid-1980s — is expected to draw 30,000 to 40,000 spectators Sunday morning, officials said Friday at a news conference.
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The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay remains on track to be called on for Sunday, although it might be pushed back to Monday, depending on conditions, co-director Clyde Aikau said in a phone interview Sunday afternoon.
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The great Eddie Aikau deserves a statue and a holiday commemorating this great Hawaiian man’s accomplishments. Aikau was the first and best lifeguard at Waimea Bay.
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Organizers of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational canceled today’s event due to changes in wind and swell conditions on Oahu’s North Shore.
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More than 20,000 people are likely to descend upon Waimea Bay on Wednesday as a giant North Shore swell is expected to allow “The Eddie” big-wave surf contest to run for only the 10th time in some 40 years.
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