exciting Archives Canadian outdoors and adventure travel writer and photographer Matt Gibson Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:45:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Huge Waves at Waimeia Bay https://xpatmatt.com/huge-waves-at-waimeia-bay/ https://xpatmatt.com/huge-waves-at-waimeia-bay/#respond Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:24:38 +0000 http://www.matt-gibson.org/?p=2617 When I was in Hawaii recently the waves at Waimeia Bay were so big that they nearly held the legendary Eddie Aikau surf competition. The competition was called off, but the waves were huge. Here are some pictures.

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]]> Last Thursday Quicksilver was potentially going to hold the prestigious Eddie Aikau surf competition. The contest is so serious that pro surfers will fly in from around the world to wait and see if it is going to be held. You see, the organizers wait until the day of the competition to decide whether or not the waves are big, and good, enough.  If they aren’t, they call it off.  It has only been held 8 times since 1984.

Last Thursday we all waited to see if the waves would be good enough for the Eddie.  They were huge —  20-25 foot waves.  Unfortunately the event was called off because the waves weren’t consistent enough.  That didn’t stop lots of surfers from getting in the water, nor me from heading up to Waimea Bay to watch.  I was only there for an hour, but I got a few good shots.  Here they are.

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