MICHELLE BIR / SPECIAL TO THE STAR ADVERTISER Andrew Lund and son Wilder watched the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational in Waimea Bay on Sunday. 1 /2 MICHELLE BIR / SPECIAL TO THE STAR ADVERTISER ...

1 /6 VIDEO COURTESY ROGUETV VIA THE EDDIE AIKAU BIG WAVE INVITATIONAL Watch a livestream of The Eddie contest. MICHELLE BIR / SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR ADVERTISER Thousands gather to watch the ...

Waimea Bay is sacred ground in big wave surfing. It is the site of the world’s most prestigious surf contest, the annual Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, although the event has only run 11 times ...

WAIMEA BAY (HawaiiNewsNow) - It’s official: Landon McNamara has won the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. He received 135.8 points as well as the highest-scoring wave of the competition — a ...

Santa Cruz surfing legend Peter Mel, who turns 55 on Nov. 24, was among those honored Wednesday with invitations to compete in the 2024-25 The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, held at Waimea Bay, on ...

GOES-18 satellite image showing a strong Pacific storm system 1,300 miles north of Hawaii on Dec. 21, 2024. (CIRA / RAAM-B) The National Weather Service said satellite data is estimating seas as high ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Ehuka Beach saw major waves Thursday morning and wave activity picked up at Waimea Bay as well. Yellow tape was put up as a precaution. With a large surf warning issued beach ...

Special thanks to Jamie Ballenger at hawaiianwatershots.com for the photos and there's more on the official website Waimea Bay wasn't really breaking on December 1st, but the best big-wave surfers in ...

McNamara, a professional big-wave surfer who comes from a surfing family, also is a Ford model and a musician who just released an album. Part of the reason for economic boost of “The Eddie,” which ...