Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational has come and gone, but some competitors are still licking their wounds. One such athlete, ...

The 2025 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational has come ... which only runs with highly selective conditions (read “huge”) at Waimea Bay, seeing it run in back to back years has only happened ...

In 2023, Christa was one of four photographers hired to shoot from the water during the Eddie Aikau Invitational at Waimea Bay, which only runs when the waves are 50ft faces and bigger.

Hawaii’s Landon McNamara made waves—literally and figuratively—after capturing the prestigious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday at Waimea Bay. The North Shore surfer joined Kelly ...

The competition has an official window starting Dec. 1 each year, with the "Blessing of Eddie Aikau" ceremony at Waimea Bay, and can last until late February. If competition-caliber swells are ...

Impressive. Entertaining. Innovative. It’s a far cry from Mason’s previous foray at Waimea Bay, which was during the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. At the end of the event ...

The event — alternatively known simply as The Eddie — is a one-day contest held in Waimea Bay on Oahu’s North ... Organizer Clyde Aikau said at a news conference Friday that he was expecting ...

The rest of the crew was rescued by a Coast Guard cutter. Aikau’s body was never found. The Eddie is as much a cultural event as a contest. It’s held at Waimea Bay between December 14th and March 13th ...