“It’s a little disappointing, but things happen for a reason. My wife walked a mile and a half to get here,” said Dowis. He spent the night in Hale‘iwa, waking up before dawn to get a prime viewing spot on the beach. “We fought through all this stuff, stayed at a friend’s house in a tent in the backyard. It was also a letdown for the thousands of people gathered at Waimea Bay when the contest was postponed. “All the models and the forecasting are so good now, and they still got it wrong. “Over the last 30 years, this is probably the most disappointing for me,” said Clarke-Jones, who was scheduled to surf in the first heat of the contest. Anything less wouldn’t be the right thing to do.”Īustralian big-wave surfer Ross Clarke-Jones was among more than 30 invited to this year’s Eddie. “We wouldn’t want to run it unless it’s in the conditions that everybody expects. We’ve been through this enough times,” said Solomon Aikau. Aikau’s brother, Solomon, said while disappointed, he understood the waves that morning didn’t live up to Eddie’s name. The invite-only event is named after Eddie Aikau, a surfing legend who was known for riding monster waves on the north shore. The last time The Eddie was held was in 2009, and it’s only gone eight times since the contest began more than 30 years ago. “It’s mother nature, you know.” Those ideal conditions can be tough to predict and don’t come along very often. “To get those ideal conditions is very tough,” explained Moncata. For The Eddie to go, conditions must meet specific requirements: 40-foot high waves that last for at least eight hours.
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