Mason Ho at The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational | Waimea Bay, Hawaii | Rip Curl

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Go behind the scenes with Mason Ho at the 2023 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational…

A religious site for native Hawaiian peoples, for centuries Waimea Bay has been a place of deep sacred significance. The tradition of celebration and reverence for the ocean continues today with the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. For Mason Ho and his father, Michael, there really is nothing better than a day together at the Bay.

Held in honor of the late, great Hawaiian waterman and lifeguard Eddie Aikau, who in 1978 heroically surrendered his life to the sea in an effort to save the crew members of the Hawaiian sailing canoe Hōkūleʻa, the contest is only held in the biggest, heaviest, most consistent conditions at Waimea. So when a giant, long-period northwest swell showed up on swell models, the Eddie was called on for January 22, 2022.

Suffering a fin to his calf on the previous swell, Mason wasn’t about to let this opportunity get away.

“There’s nothing like it, I wouldn’t miss this for the world,” Mase explained.

Of course, that was before he saw the surf. The sheer power and size of Waimea at its most ferocious is enough to make even the most hardened big-wave warriors think twice.

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