This is seriously off topic. Moderators can delete if needed.

As some of you know, I live on the North Shore of Oahu. I'd thought I'd spread some Aloha and share with you guys what is going on right now only three miles down the road from my house. The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Challenge is a contest that is held once every year (waves permitted) at the famous Wiamea Bay on Oahu. The contest is not held unless the waves are reading 20ft plus on the Hawaiian scale. This equates into 40 foot plus wave faces. The contest is invite only and one of the most prestigious contests in the world. It's a contest to honor Eddie Aikau who lost his life surfing large waves, so the contest is held in his honor.

For you surfers out there, notable people who are in the contest are: Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Bruce Irons, Shane Dorian, Titus Kinimaka (desendent of hawaiian royalty), Laird Hamilton and a few other notable rippers.

Attending this contest or even being there to watch it would be like being an honarary invitee to some famous car race. I really can't think of anything to make you non-surfers understand just how respected these guys are and what an honor it is to be invited to this surfing contest.

I have included a link to the live video feed so you guys can get a glipse of what is currently going on in my world, right now. I know it's super off topic, but I'm stoked and figured a couple of you would be interested in seeing this stuff. It's literally history in the making.

http://www.quiksilver.com/eddie_aikau_04/live.asp

**if this link doesn't work, go to http://www.quiksilver.com click on Eddie Aikau then click on "Live".

Aloha,
Brandon

 

Ban!

Because it's 25 degrees outside my window

 

Second hand warmth! I surf vicariously through you!

 

you get to surf while i freeze by @ss off

 

(waves permitting)

 

Hey Brando,

Sounds like fun and it is dedicated to a good guy . I am heading to either Maui or Kauai (sp) in early March and was just wondering which one is typically better for waves during that season?

We are finally getting some NW swell right now in So-cal too!!!


EDIT: Damn those waves a huge!

 

That's some pretty messed up **** to say to people when they live in the north east

Actual temp out side 33°F but Feels Like 25°F

If you offer for me to come out there then that would be another story

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bbasso &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's some pretty messed up **** to say to people when they live in the north east

Actual temp out side 33°F but Feels Like 25°F

If you offer for me to come out there then that would be another story </TD></TR></TABLE>

It was 80s here a over the weekend...this weekend should be mid to low 70s....JGTC is gonna be fun

 

anyone wanna pay for my flight to cali? *puts on bum clothes and starts waving his tin cup*

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bbasso &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That's some pretty messed up **** to say to people when they live in the north east

Actual temp out side 33°F but Feels Like 25°F

If you offer for me to come out there then that would be another story </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah...it's high 80's right now and blue skies. I've never seen so many pairs of ***** in bikinis, EVER, on North Shore...or in one place for that matter. Scantily clad women everywhere. Life is good.

Bbasso: If you want to come out, I can show you around. The car should be done in two months and we can go eat all the rich guys that drive Ferraris and Lambos down in Waikiki. If your seriously interested, or anyone for that matter, send me an IM. I have a comfy couch and live on five acres with a three minute walk to a world famous beach.

 

I gotta get out of here... But it will have to wait for mid summer before I can do anything.

thanks for the offer.

 

Sounds fun.

Checking out the link now.

 

*puts her winter coat + boots on and busts out the ice scRaper to take the arrh out*

penpen: who is jealous

 

That is some pretty cool stuff.

I was riding a board all day today too~! lol. A snowboard.

Temperatures at the base were about 6 degrees Fahrenheit @ 8am in the morning.
It was cold, icy, windy, trails closed off forcing us to take the flatest trail possible(aka alot of walking) but it was a good day...fingers were frozen after taking pictures and putting the camera away...it was cold....





hahaha, looking at most of my pictures now, it was so hard holding the camera level...*sigh*, ill blame it on the frozen fingers.


surfing...huh...80 degree temperature...what's that?~!? so nice. very jealous of that 'mild' climate type weather.



Modified by HypeR0070 at 8:30 PM 12/15/2004

 

mmm I want to go to hawaii badddd. Im trying to see of the HUGE waves come in set after set after set. It is definitly adream of mine to ride one but i dont know if im good enough for those 20 footers.

 

what is all that white stuff?
arizona has its perks in the winter
post up some binki shots

 

i hope a tsunami eats you brandon

 

Bruce Irons won it.

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Quit housekeeping.

-Chris

 

I think I'll go surfing on Saturday. (Waves Permitting)
:-) Gotta love socal.
two years ago, I went snowboarding and Surfing in the same day.

 

i would love to learn to surf. snowboard during winter, surf during summer.

 

ahhh, North Shore kicks soo much ***.

thats were I learned to kite surf even though i still suck.
im glad that area isnt super populated. its my fav. place on oahu

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rob @ K-Series.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ahhh, North Shore kicks soo much ***.

thats were I learned to kite surf even though i still suck.
im glad that area isnt super populated. its my fav. place on oahu</TD></TR></TABLE>
may not be super popular but theres way to much "nationalism" or whatever, the hawaiians down there are crazy stingy about tourists or non-hawaiians riding/surfing on "their waves/turf"

 

Nice. That's some crazy waves. I'm heading out there in Jan. for a surfing trip. I'm gonna get tore up!

 

Sweet!!!! Surfing on the north shore by far has been one of the best and craziest experiences of my life.....although at the time the waves weren't anywhere near as big as those

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Ahhhh, life in paradise.......can't get any better than that