Of all the world’s novelty river waves, none are as popular, as well-documented, as the one on the North Shore of Oahu’s Waimea Bay. Perhaps it’s because the wave breaks dead center in the most famed ...

Moments before the waiting period closed for Hawaii's "Go Big" Moment Award came to a close , a final submission came in at the 11th hour that ended up winning the event. Five Hawaiian surfers braved ...

Hundreds gathered at Waimea Bay on Friday for the opening ceremony of the Rip Curl Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, marking ...

The contest started at 9 a.m. with Liam McNamara, the event director, telling KHON2 the peak would come in around 10 a.m. to noon and he felt they were going to see 50-footers. The elements needed to ...

It’s strange to think of novelty waves as perfect. That’s the whole point of a novelty wave – it’s imperfect, weird and wonky, and therein lies the fun. But recently, on the North Shore of Oahu, the ...

WAIMEA BAY (HawaiiNewsNow) - By dawn Sunday, massive crowds had already gathered on Oahu’s North Shore with parking lots filled to capacity at Waimea Bay for the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Rip Curl Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational opening ceremony is taking place on Dec. 5 at Waimea Bay. Beginning at 11 a.m., the opening ceremony marks the official beginning of ...

Will the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational run for a record third year straight? We asked competitors for predictions on ...

WAIMEA BAY, Hawaii (Island News) -- North Shore boy Landon McNamara, is celebrating his huge victory at Waimea Bay winning the 11th running of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. McNamara scored a ...

Waimea Bay is sacred ground in big wave surfing. It is the site of the world’s most prestigious surf contest, the annual Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, although the event has only run 11 times ...

In the event that the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational is a “go” this winter, these talented surfers are expected to ...