#8 Tuesday.12.08.2009 North Shore Could See 50 ft Waves Today - Eddie Aikau Competition May Be On Some insane amateur video above showing conditions at Waimea Bay yesterday. The waves could hit 50 feet today prompting the first Eddie Aikau Competition in 5 years. The event, which requires perfect conditions and waves over 30 feet, is not officially on quite yet but, if when it gets the go ahead, surfers have a 12 hour window to register and get to the North Shore...this has people already flying in from Brazil, Australia and South Africa. This would be only the 8th time the event has been held since it started in 1985. More on the contest and Aikau can be read on Quicksilver's official site for the competition here: 2009/2010 Quicksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau |