*** Official The Eddie Big Wave Invitational Thread ***

[kelly7873]

Event: The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational
Window: December 14, 2022 through March 23, 2023
Location: Waimea Bay, Oahu Hawaii
Sponsors: Hawaiian Airlines, Kona Brewing Co, Surfline, Patagonia, and more.
Web: www.theeddieaikau.com
2022-2023 INVITEES
Aaron Gold
Andrea Moller
Billy Kemper
Eli Olson
Emily Erickson
Ezekiel Lau
Grant Baker
Greg Long
Ian Walsh
Jake Maki
Jamie O'Brien
Jamie Mitchell
John John Florence
Josh Moniz
Justine Dupont
Kai Lenny
Keala Kennelly
Keali’i Mamala
Kelly Slater
Koa Rothman
Kohl Christensen
Landon McNamara
Lucas Chianca
Luke Shepardson
Makani Adric
Makuakai Rothman
Mark Healey
Mason Ho
Michael Ho
Nathan Florence
Nathan Fletcher
Nic von Rupp
Paige Alms
Peter Mel
Ramon Navarro
Ross Clarke-Jones
Shane Dorian
Taio Shipman
Tikanui Smith
Tyler Larronde
MEN ALTERNATES
Mikey O'Shaughnessy
Kahea Hart
Chris Owens
Dave Wassel
Ben Wilkinson
Joey Cadiz (Aloha)
Reef McIntosh
Mike Pietsch
Torrey Meister
Ryan Seelbach
Chris Bertish
Jamie Sterling

WOMEN ALTERNATES
Bianca Valenti
Laura Enever
Raquel Heckert
Silvia Nabuco
Polly Ralda
Isabelle Leonhardt

 

[Ranga]

Will the women surf the same heats as the men?

 

[vanrysss]

What, no Albee Layer?

 

[youcantbeserious]

Great to see Taio Shipman in there. So well deserved. Firefighter, underground charger.

 

[Subway]

As a guy who surfs with a lot of FDNY I too support that invite. I mean, they didn’t consult me this year, something about inflation and budget cuts, but….

 

[kelly7873]

Green light for Wednesday. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[$kully]

http://instagr.am/p/CnNrXkJvYZN/
LETS FUCKING GO!

 

[Geopac]

Slim to No chance they run. The storms fetch isn't even aimed well at Hawaii. Will it be Big? Yes. Consistent Eddie size? Not even close.

Wave Model - North Pacific Sea Height (STORMSURF)

 

[kelly7873]

I'm not even that worried about the size (Caldwell has it 38' to 48' face) , I'm more worried about the north wind.

 

[sh3]

Greenlit for the 11th. STOKED

 

[JSC]

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[sussle]

The 2016 Eddie was possibly the best surf contest ever, imo

 

[Kaido]

Looks good size from Pat Caldwell forecast.

 

[PLJ]

Streaming live…???…

Link…???…

 

[Kaido]

https://www.theeddieaikau.com/ Wednesday morning

 

[vanrysss]

Called off for 1/11

 

[Joshua2415]

Called off for 1/11

Buzzkill.

 

[Joshua2415]

 

[Autoprax]

I told you guys it wasn't going to run.

Haha

 

[Geopac]

Slim to No chance they run. The storms fetch isn't even aimed well at Hawaii. Will it be Big? Yes. Consistent Eddie size? Not even close.

Wave Model - North Pacific Sea Height (STORMSURF)

Told ya! So who pulled the "Green Light" trigger sending every invitee scrambling for a flight to HNL? It amazes me how the contest organizers that run these events don't know how to interpret the swell models. Every model run for the past few days had this storm moving zonal straight West to East with limited fetch aimed at Hawaii. There was zero chance of consistent XXL surf at Waimea Wednesday.