He won $10,000 for taking first place with scores of 30.0, 30.0, and 29.1 across his three best waves, just shy of a perfect score of 90 points.įlorence finished with 84.2 points ahead of Mark Healey in third and Billy Kemper in fourth. How Maya Gabeira overcame a life-threatening accident to surf two record-breaking waves (Photo by Octavio Passos/Getty Images) Octavio Passos/Getty Images NAZARE, PORTUGAL - JANUARY 18: Brazilian big wave surfer Maya Gabeira, drops a wave during a surf session at Praia do Norte on Januin Nazare, Portugal. No surfer has ever won the Eddie more than once. Other past winners include surfing veterans Kelly Slater in 2002 and Ross Clarke-Jones, who competed again this year, in 2001. This was just the 10th time it has been held since its inception in 1987 and the first since 2016, when Florence took the title.
The Eddie is only held when waves consistently reach a height of 20 feet during the winter months at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of Oahu.
The 27-year-old accepted the award wearing his yellow lifeguard t-shirt and red board shorts, saying it was a “dream come true” simply to participate in the competition on Sunday. Luke Shepardson took approved breaks from his lifeguarding duty at Waimea Bay to compete in the event – affectionately known as the Eddie – and finished with a near-perfect score of 89.1 points, ahead of defending champion John John Florence in second. A local lifeguard in Hawaii was the surprise winner of the prestigious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational – dubbed the “Super Bowl of surfing” – after beating off competition from some of the sport’s biggest names.
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