Surf on Mars

A test -

1. have you ever looked at waves caused by boat wake lap on the shore of a lake or river and thought "If I was an ant I could be totally barreled on that !"
2. did you watch the beach landing sequence on "Saving Private Ryan" and decide what board would be best for the onshore waves battering the landing craft ?
3. do you know that the waves supposed to be Bells in "Point Break" was not only going the wrong way (it was a left) but was reversed stock Waimea footage ?
4. have you washed you clothes in "Surf" washing powder just because its called surf ?

If you answered yes to any of these questions then you'll probably look at this picture from the Mars orbiter and think "That looks like a nice point break." Thats what I thought anyway.

Greg Long wins the Eddie

Well known big wave charger Greg Long has won the Eddie is some nice big waves at Waimea Bay. The last few Eddie's have been held on brown stormy days but today's conditions were nearly perfect and for a change the water was blue and so was the sky

What was interesting this year is how 25 + feet doesn't seem big or dangerous any more. Many of the surfers seemed to be playing with the conditions like it was a 2 foot beachie, being goaded by the crowd into trying to link up to the inside and pull into a dry suck death pit in the shorebreak. Having said that there was something extra to this event compared top watching endless tow ins.

Check out the heats on demand at the Eddie website.




RESULTS: Listed in order of 1st through 28th
Greg Long (California)
Kelly Slater (Florida)
Sunny Garcia (Hawaii)
Bruce Irons (Hawaii)
Ramon Navarro (Chile) * Monster Drop Award
Ross Clarke-Jones (Australia)
Jamie O'Brien (Hawaii)
Mark Healey (Hawaii)
Garret McNamara (Hawaii)
Noah Johnson (Hawaii)
Shane Dorian (Hawaii)
Makuakai Rothman (Hawaii)
Reef McIntosh (Hawaii)
Andy Irons (Hawaii)
Grant Baker (Hawaii)
Carlos Burle (Brazil)
Kohl Chrtistensen (Hawaii)
Kala Alexander (Hawaii)
Peter Mel (USA)
Takayuki Wakita (Japan)
Ibon Amatriain (Spain)
Clyde Aikau (Hawaii)
Keone Downing (Hawaii)
Mike Ho (Hawaii)
Darryl 'Flea' Virostko (USA)
Brian Keaulana (Hawaii)
Rusty Keaulana (Hawaii)
Pancho Sullivan (Hawaii)

Eddie is go

As predicted a big swell has hit Waimea and the Eddie is on. Slater is currently leading from Andy Irons and Ross Clarke Jones.

The waves are big and clean, the weather is fine and the surfing unbelievable. These guys are surfing like it is 3 foot mush burgers. Andy, Kelly and Jamie O'Brien have all linked to the shore break and tried to get tubed on the massive dumpers.

Its live on the net with a couple more heats left here.