The last Eddie ran seven years ago when the Bay roared to life in 2009. At that contest, Ramón Navarro surfed some of the biggest waves of the day and earned a 5th place finish among the best big-wave surfers in the world.
Carissa Moore has become a “realization of Kahanamoku’s dream” to see surfing debut in the Olympics. That a Native Hawaiian could bring home the gold was a big deal. As Kūhiō Lewis, the president of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, explained, “At times, we’re an invisible people. We’re lumped into other ethnic groups. Our sport is being defined by other groups. This puts it into perspective,”
As a founder of the Surfrider Foundation’s Oahu Chapter, Peter confronted powerful developers on the North Shore the same way he took on huge waves at Sunset—with sheer commitment and without fear of the consequences.
When Keala Kennelly (43) began to surf professionally at the age of 17, she was one of the few female surfers to make a mark in big-wave surfing.
Heralded as France’s First Lady of Surfing, Justine Dupont (30) is the champion of consistently tackling big waves with raw, devoted focus.
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