XXL swell lines up Hawaii
Thursday 15/01 119
All signals are go for what looks to be the biggest swell of the season so far across Hawaii mid-next week.
eddie aikau
Xmas XXL swells for Eddie and Mavericks
Friday 12/12 30
The gifts are stacking up for big wave surfers with two very big swells - one potentially an Eddie swell - due just before Christmas.
All eyes on Hawaii as huge storm approaches
Tuesday 21/01 57
Compared to the large swell that hit Hawaii mid-December, which developed just west of the international date-line and fell short of Eddie requirements, this next swell will be far larger and more consistent due to the closer proximity to Oahu
Eddie swell looms over Hawaii
Friday 13/12 56
This weekend, while most eyes will be on pumping 10 foot Pipeline and the showdown between Mick and Kelly, a much larger swell will be forming in the Western North Pacific Ocean.
North Pacific swell poses the question: Will Eddie go?
Tuesday 15/01 47
Will this be the swell to kick the Eddie Aikau Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational into gear after a three year hiatus?
Jeremy Flores Keeps Company With Eddie Aikau
Thursday 27/10 33
Watching Jeremy Flores fast track into the event really bums me out
Excitement Builds as Surfers Gather for the Eddie Aikau
Tuesday 18/01 1
The hardest thing is containing the froth
It's Time To Go: Eddie
Friday 14/01 8
Except for an excellent Pipeline swell in November the first half of the 2010/11 Hawaiian season has been very underwhelming. So quiet has it been that the visiting pros only needed their step-up boards during the December contest season. In fact the only people that waxed their guns that month were the entrants and alternates of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational.
Brock Little - January 21st, 1990
Tuesday 03/08 30
In surfing, as in most physical endeavours, the boundaries of performance creep, rather than rush, forward. Just as Olympic world records are ticked off by mere hundredths of a second, so too are the criteria for surfing - higher, faster, deeper - broken in increments.
The exception to this rule occurred over the course of one hour in January 1990.