Sadly, The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau will not run today (Thursday, January 20, 2011) because the swell, though occasionally delivering waves over the 20 foot mark, was not consistent enough for the contest to run.
“This was just not an Eddie day,” said co-contest director Glen Moncata. “When Eddie wants us to run, the waves will come.”
It would be so easy for Quiksilver to force the event because of all the effort they put into almost making this happen, but they did an amazingly honorable thing in not running the contest and keeping The Eddie alive for another epic day at Waimea. You have to respect that.
There are still six weeks left in the window, so it’s definitely not over yet.
