Eddie aikau contest 20127/2/2023 ![]() Be prepared for lots of excitement and lots of traffic. ![]() producing and directing many surf competitions including the Eddie Aikau. “I wish all the participants the best of luck,” she said. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Some 60,000 people are at Waimea Bay on Sunday for the first Eddie big-wave surf contest since 2016. Swell Stories Swells Replay: The Eddie Aikau Invitational at Waimea Bay Luke Shepardson wins iconic North Shore event Nick Carroll Jan 21st, 2023. and the team silver medal in July 2012, her career spanned thirty years of. ![]() She urged visitors to carpool and take the bus because the roads will be congested. Kathleen Pahinui, the chairperson of the North Shore Neighborhood Board, said it will be good for businesses, restaurants and shops. The contest is expected to attract tens of thousands of spectators to the two-lane highway winding through the North Shore and the small towns that dot the coastal community. “To see women - not only women surfing Waimea but women and men sharing the same event together, with mutual respect and equality - I’m just really thrilled at the thought,” Pennybacker said. She said they’ve had to fight to be included and have meanwhile shown that they could handle big waves in spots around the world. Art Pipeline Pro Hawaii Surfing Contest Poster. Mindy Pennybacker, a surf columnist for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and author of the upcoming book “Surfing Sisterhood Hawaii: Wahine Reclaiming the Waves” said there’s long been an assumption that Waimea was too dangerous for women and they couldn’t surf there. WAIMEA BAY, Hawaii Before the Eddie Aikau Invitational started at 8 a.m. 2007 mint original eddie aikau waimea hawaii big wave surfing contest poster. ![]() Keala Kennelly of Kauai, a women’s big wave surf champion, is among the female invitees. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |