One of the world's most prestigious and storied surfing contests — dubbed the 'Super Bowl of Surfing' — went forward Sunday in Hawaii for the first time in seven years.
HONOLULU — One of the world's most prestigious and storied surfing contests — dubbed the"Super Bowl of Surfing" — went forward Sunday in Hawaii for the first time in seven years with towering wave faces and a gigantic swell that was expected to grow throughout the day.
"Large enough" means 20 feet by Hawaii measurements. That's equivalent to about 40 feet when measured by methods used in the rest of the U.S. Before this year, conditions have only aligned for it to be held nine times since the initial competition in 1984. "We've been looking at 30-foot to 40-foot wave faces for the most part, the biggest waves of the day are going to be in excess of 45 feet. By local scale, they'll call those waves 25 feet — and we've seen a couple sets like that already," Kevin Wallis, director of forecasting at Surfline.com, said by phone Sunday morning.
"What makes this contest the most unique is that it's in memory of a particular individual who really has transcended his time and place when he lived," said Coleman, who wrote"Eddie Would Go," a biography of Aikau. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued the remaining crew a few hours later after being alerted by a commercial plane that spotted the canoe."They always say at the opening ceremony, where they gather to launch the holding period, 'This is not just a contest. We're not surfing against each other. We're surfing in the spirit of Eddie,'"Coleman said.
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