One of the best-known surf contests in Hawaiʻi will take place on Wednesday. Earlier on Monday afternoon, the Eddie Aikau Foundation announced its Big Wave International is a "go" for Jan. 11.
Today, the Eddie Aikau Foundation announced on Facebook, “The Eddie is a Go,” for Wed. Jan. 11, 2023, at Waimea Bay on Oʻahu’s North Shore. The Eddie The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational is a go for Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.
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With all the buzz and hype circulating around The Eddie Big Wave Invitational, which currently is in its waiting period, we wanted to explain a few things about the Eddie and why it generates so much excitement.
The surf contest commonly called the Eddie is super special, and with all the coverage surrounding Hawaii’s promising massive winter surf this year, you probably know all about how waves need to hit a minimum of 20 feet (40 feet faces) with absolutely perfect conditions, how that’s only happened eight times in the past 32 years, and that the holding period ends at the end of February.