{"id":64635,"date":"2023-01-22T21:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T04:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=64635"},"modified":"2023-01-23T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:08:16","slug":"luke-shepardson-wins-the-eddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=64635","title":{"rendered":"Luke Shepardson Wins The Eddie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bJpa_60UlNE\" width=\"450\" height=\"265\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was a great show. Fun to watch. The waves were huge. And a 27-year-old Oahu lifeguard named <strong>Luke Shepardson<\/strong> fittingly won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeddieaikau.com\"><strong>2023 Eddie Aikau Invitational<\/strong><\/a>. We were most stoked by the fact that the event, which some argued would <em><strong>never<\/strong><\/em> happen without a previous corporate sponsor&#8217;s involvement, seemed to run flawlessly. The crowd onshore was massive (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2023\/01\/20\/massive-waves-bring-massive-crowds-city-prepares-eddie-set-kick-off\/\"><strong>estimated at 50,000<\/strong><\/a>), the Kam was a parking lot, and the live show rolled well all day with all the angles any fan of big wave surfing could ask for. Best surf event ever? We think so.<\/p>\n<p>Top 10 results went like this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Luke Shepardson<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>John John Florence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark Healey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Billy Kemper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kai Lenny<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ezekiel Lau<\/strong> (Best Wave of the Day)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Landon McNamara<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keali&#8217;i Mamala<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lucas Chianca<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ross Clarke-Jones<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Paige Alms<\/strong> was the highest placing female surfer in 31st place ahead of <strong>Makani Adric<\/strong>, and <strong>Keala Kennelly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the Aikau family and everyone involved with making January 22, 2023 an epic day at The Bay for everyone.&nbsp;For full results and coverage check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfline.com\/surf-news\/watch-live-eddie-aikau-invitational-waimea-bay\/170459\"><strong>Surfline.com<\/strong><\/a>. Or, just press play to watch the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfline.com\/surf-news\/watch-live-eddie-aikau-invitational-waimea-bay\/170459\">Surfline.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/beachgrit.com\/2023\/01\/honolulu-county-lifeguard-luke-shepardson-who-won-worlds-most-prestigious-big-wave-contest-on-best-day-in-surfing-history-cuts-short-interviews-to-return-to-work-i\/\">Beachgrit.com<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2023\/01\/20\/massive-waves-bring-massive-crowds-city-prepares-eddie-set-kick-off\/\">Hawaii News Now<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span data-mce-type=&#8221;bookmark&#8221; style=&#8221;display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;&#8221; class=&#8221;mce_SELRES_start&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\ufeff&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; It was a great show. Fun to watch. The waves were huge. And a 27-year-old Oahu lifeguard named Luke Shepardson fittingly won the 2023 Eddie Aikau Invitational. We were most stoked by the fact that the event, which some argued would never happen without [&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":[6,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64635"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64668,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64635\/revisions\/64668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}