The event - alternatively known simply as "The Eddie" - is a one-day contest held in Waimea Bay on Oahu's North Shore only when the surf is consistently large enough during the winter big-wave ...

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. The event — alternatively known simply ...

Some visitors here on the North Shore are spending thousands of dollars just to witness the most prestigious big-wave surfing contest ... over their 45-day stay on Oahu to watch the Eddie Aikau ...

According to Hawaii’s Department ... with the North Shore waves — one that had him surfing well into old age — was an inspiration. “When the annals of big-wave surfing at Waimea Bay ...

The event — alternatively known simply as The Eddie — is a one-day contest held in Waimea Bay on Oahu’s North Shore only when the surf is consistently large enough during the winter big wave ...

Other places around the world have big wave surfing events ... as the first lifeguard hired by Honolulu to work on Oahu’s North Shore and was revered for saving over 500 people during his ...