It's been seven years since the last Eddie competition. This time, women will compete alongside the men.
HONOLULU — One of the world’s most prestigious and storied surfing contests is expected to be held Sunday in Hawaii for the first time in seven years.
Organizer Clyde Aikau said at a news conference Friday that he was expecting waves to reach 25-30 feet by Hawaii measurements or 50-60 feet on the national scale.Eddie participants walk out of the ocean at sunset after the November 2006 opening ceremony in Waimea Bay near Haleiwa, Hawaii.Other places around the world have big wave surfing events: Mavericks in California, Nazare in Portugal and Peahi on Hawaii’s Maui Island.
Aikau died in 1978 at the age of 31 during an expedition to sail a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe from Honolulu to Tahiti. Just hours out of port, the giant double-hulled canoe known as the Hokulea took on water and overturned in stormy weather. Aikau volunteered to paddle several miles to nearby Lanai Island on his surfboard to get help for the rest of the crew but was never seen again.
This year organizers have invited 40 competitors and 18 alternates from around the world, including Kelly Slater, who has won a record 11 world surfing titles. John John Florence, who hails from the North Shore and who has won two back-to-back world titles, has also been asked to join.
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