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

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Rip Curl Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational opening ceremony is taking place on Dec. 5 at Waimea Bay.

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

Waimea Bay holds a sacred, singular role in the world of surfing.

The opening ceremony marks the start of a three-month waiting period, where surfers wait for the right swell with large, ...

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 ...

Polly Ralda recently found herself in a precarious position at Waimea Bay on Oahu, nearly getting decapitated by an outrigger ...

Beautiful and beastly all at once. The ocean delivered Waimea Bay's biggest waves of the season so far — topping out around ...

Ask any of the big-wave surfers who put their lives at risk in the 2024-25 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, and they’d tell you it was honor just to compete in the 40 to 50-foot waves that crashed ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Eddie Big Wave Invitational is on! Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You The contest started at 9 a.m. with Liam McNamara, the event ...