{"id":52154,"date":"2017-11-30T10:59:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T17:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52154"},"modified":"2017-11-30T11:41:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T18:41:02","slug":"turns-out-the-eddie-wont-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52154","title":{"rendered":"Turns Out The Eddie Won&#8217;t Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-52054\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/theeddie_2017-127x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/theeddie_2017-127x200.png 127w, http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/theeddie_2017-318x500.png 318w, http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/theeddie_2017.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/>After failing to come to a deal with <strong>Quiksilver<\/strong> on the sponsorship of the 2017-18 big wave event and having a tough time getting permits, but saying that the event would go on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=52053\"><strong>even&nbsp;if we have to have coconuts for trophies<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; the Aikau family has reportedly decided that <strong>The Eddie<\/strong> is a no go for this year, according to a story in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2017\/11\/29\/breaking-news\/no-eddie-big-wave-contest-this-winter-family-says\/\"><em><strong>Star Advertiser<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt really is the most prestigious surf contest in the world. And we did not want to compromise that because it ultimately would be compromising Eddie\u2019s integrity to not do something proper,\u201d said Aikau family spokesperson <strong>Cynthia Scrima<\/strong>. &#8220;The family hopes to hold \u201cThe Eddie\u201d during the 2018-2019 season. Scrima said the Aikaus have already applied for a permit for next season and have been searching for a new lead sponsor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hopefully, everyone can get together for next year. Surfing needs The Eddie.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2017\/11\/29\/breaking-news\/no-eddie-big-wave-contest-this-winter-family-says\/\">Star Advertiser<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After failing to come to a deal with Quiksilver on the sponsorship of the 2017-18 big wave event and having a tough time getting permits, but saying that the event would go on &#8220;even&nbsp;if we have to have coconuts for trophies&#8221; the Aikau family has reportedly decided that The Eddie is a no go for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52154"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52154"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52159,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52154\/revisions\/52159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}