Eddie Aikau 2009 won by Greg Long

The Eddie Aikau memorial surf contest organized by Quiksilver and Monster Energy at Waimea Bay was won today by Greg Long and he took home $50,000 .  The Monster Energy  surf drop of the day was won by Ramon Navarro from Chile. He dropped in on a monster wave and took is taking home the $10,000 price from Monster and of course the Trophy. Other finalists where Kelly Slater in second place $5,000, Sunny Garcia in third place $5000, Bruce Irons 4th place $3,000 and Ramon Navarro 5th place $2,000,

Invitees for today’s event :

Previous contest winners:

Winter of 1984/1985 – First memorial event in Aikau’s honor held at Sunset Beach, won by Denton Miyamura.

1986/1987 – Eddie Aikau event moved to Waimea, won by Clyde Aikau in onshore 20-foot surf, Feb. 21, 1987

1989/1990 – Event runs in late January, wave heights 25-foot plus. Memorable waves were Brock Little’s crazy tuberide, and the perfect score by Richard Schmidt for his magic carpet drop. Event was ultimately won by Keone Downing.

1995/1996 – Event runs on Dec. 29. Only one of two rounds was held, with no declared winner.

1997/1998 – A large swell came in January. The waves were over 30 feet, which was deemed too big, and ironically and the event didn’t go.

1998/1999 – The event ran on New Year’s day. Noah Johnson, the smallest surfer in the event at 5’3″, was unstoppable on a day of cartoonish proportions.

2000/2001 – The event ran on January 12. Ross Clarke-Jones, an invitee since the beginning of the event at Waimea finally got his just reward in 20-foot plus.

2001/2002 – The event ran in January. Kelly Slater proved that his supreme status is not limited to the world tour.

2004/2005 – The event ran on December 15, just 9 days into the holding period. Booming 25-plus and a maximum capacity crowd for the 20th anniversary event. Bruce Irons won with his ride to the shore which culminated in a mind-blowing, crowd roaring closeout barrel.