Watch it Live: Eddie Aikau big-wave surf contest under way in Hawaii, first since 2009

Epic surf is up in Hawaii this week. The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau big-surf competition, a contest spoken of on the islands with reverence, is in full swing at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu.

Conditions need to be just right for the Eddie Aikau competition to be called. Consistent wave faces of at least 30 feet in Waimea Bay throughout the day.

In over 30 years, those requirements have only been met 9 times, including today. The event was last held in 2009.

The competition honors a native Hawaiian surf hero, Eddie Aikau, whose heartbreaking biopic you should watch.

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