MICHELLE BIR / SPECIAL TO THE HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER Thousands gather to watch the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational in Waimea Bay, on Dec. 22. A high surf warning remains in place for the north-and ...

Hawaii’s Landon McNamara made waves—literally and figuratively—after capturing the prestigious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday at Waimea Bay. The North Shore surfer joined Kelly in the ...

A palpable air of excitement and anticipation settled over Honolulu this past weekend, as it became likely that the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational surfing contest would be a go. Traffic jammed, ...

If we go back a year, we’ve always known my son had it in him, it was a matter of him just really grasping that like he’s got ...

Greg Long, right, catches an early wave while Emily Erickson abandons her attempt in the first heat during Sunday’s 11th ...

A surfer who got knocked off his board by a super-sized wave off Hawaii described the encounter as one of the<a ...

Some factors contributing to last year’s rescues were volatile waves, plus people drinking and partying the day before and ...

Heat number two of round two was in the water, almost done, and for an hour it’d felt like the energy was beginning to drop out. Jamie O’Brien had the lead after a strong performance in heat one, with ...

Sunday, The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational took place at Waimea Bay. Behind the scenes the spirit of "Eddie Aikau" was ...

The award comes as Long announces his retirement from the big-wave event that he won in 2009 to make way for the next ...

Watching big wave riders tackle the Bay during the Eddie Aikau Invitational, it occurred to me that if Eddie himself competed ...

While strolling on a beach in Maui over the weekend before Christmas, admiring the massive waves that were pounding the coast ...