The Crowd for The Eddie is Crazy

[slip]

The Eddie is drawing a huge crowd this year. Huge swells this year already brought some injuries. Thise people are crazy to be out in that.

Get a bird’s eye view of Waimea Bay as tens of thousands gather for ‘The Eddie’

By dawn Sunday, massive crowds had already gathered on Oahu’s North Shore.

www.hawaiinewsnow.com

 

[klpca]

Check out this reel from Clark Little The waves are huge! What a great event.

Link if you don't know wth we're talking about https://www.theeddieaikau.com/

Great book about big wave surfing: Barbarian Days https://www.amazon.com/Barbarian-Da...cphy=1014218&hvtargid=pla-2281435177098&psc=1

 

[billymach4]

Sorry could not resist. If you were around the tri state area in the 80s you could not get away from the Crazy Eddie commercials.

 

[buzglyd]

Eddie Would Go.

 

[artringwald]

I could watch those big waves all day long! I'm glad they were able to hold the event this year.

 

[sponger76]

Watched two Eddie contests in person, both were extremely crowded on the beach. The vibe at Waimea is something else. Used to ride there a lot but my body just can't handle it anymore. I'm amazed at the guys who still do it in their sixties.

 

[WaikikiFirst]

I heard they had 30 ft waves at Ocean Bch in SF over hte last wk. That seems even crazier to me. I've been to both Waimea & to Ocean Bch only a couple times each, but I expect the Big Ones in Waimea.

The vibe at Waimea is something else

yes, so is the traffic, the parking, the ...

 

[vacationtime1]

I heard they had 30 ft waves at Ocean Bch in SF over hte last wk. That seems even crazier to me. I've been to both Waimea & to Ocean Bch only a couple times each, but I expect the Big Ones in Waimea.

yes, so is the traffic, the parking, the ...

The waves were twice as high (yes, 60 feet) at Maverick's, about 20 miles south of SF. Lots of big wave surfers there.

https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/massive-calif-swell-delivers-day-days-19999962.php

 

[sponger76]

yes, so is the traffic

And not just in the parking lot, the traffic out in the water gets pretty nuts as well. A lot of times I'm more scared of getting hit by surfborads than I am of the waves.

 

[WaikikiFirst]

waves were twice as high (yes, 60 feet) at Maverick's, about 20 miles south of SF

Yes, thanks. I was thinking about Maverick's as I wrote about Ocean Bch. Maverick's is a different animal, being, what, about 1 mile offshore. I was thinking more about someone walking a dog on Ocean Bch and a 30 ft wave comes crashing in. Prob lousy weather and no dog-walkers.