The Eddie invitational, held at famed Waimea Bay pits man against 40-footers.
When the prestigious international surf competition known as the Eddie was called some 48 hours before the contest was to begin, an esteemed list of invitees - 45 competitors and 25 alternates - began scrambling.
Surfers from Australia, Brazil, France, Italy, South Africa and Tahiti had a host of logistics to work out to make it to Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii in time last Sunday.
Landon McNamara didn't have a long commute. By the end of the day, the North Shore local was crowned the winner of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational.
McNamara, a big-wave surfer who was raised in a family of them, became the third consecutive North Shore surfer to win the iconic contest.
'' I don't know what to feel right now, I already cried ten times,'' McNamara said as the sun began to set over the bay.
In 2023, he lifted his best friend, Luke Shepardson, on his shoulders when he won the prestigious event. This year was his turn.
He won the contest in front of tens of thousands of spectators who crowded a small strip of beach and the surrounding cliffs.
Like many big-wave competitions, the Eddie has a holding period that lasts for a few months, between mid-December and mid-March, meaning it could run at any point in that period if the conditions are right.
But unlike most such events, the Eddie rarely happens, giving rise to the slogan '' the bay calls the day.''
The World Students Society thanks Talya Minsberg.
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