Eddie Aikau Contest in 2009-
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The competitors for this year's Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau surf competition was announced Wednesday morning.
The 'Eddie' is held at Waimea Bay, on a single day during winter when, and if, waves exceed the 20-foot minimum requirement. The official holding period for this year, the 27th annual, is December 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012.
28 INVITEES:
- Brock Little - HAW
- Bruce Irons - HAW
- Clyde Aikau - HAW
- Dave Wassel - HAW
- Greg Long - USA
- Jamie O'Brien – HAW
- Jamie Sterling – HAW
- Kala Alexander – HAW
- Kelly Slater – USA
- Keone Downing – HAW
- Kohl Christensen – HAW
- Makua Rothman – HAW
- Mark Healey – HAW
- Michael Ho – HAW
- Nathan Fletcher – USA
- Noah Johnson – HAW
- Peter Mel – USA
- Ramon Navarro – CHL
- Reef McIntosh – HAW
- Ross Clarke – Jones – AUS
- Rusty Keaulana – HAW
- Shane Dorian – HAW
- Sunny Garcia – HAW
- Tom Carroll – HAW
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INT'L INVITEES:
- Carlos Burle - BRZ
- Grant Baker - ZAF
- Jeremy Flores - EUR
- Takayuki Wakita - JPN
24 ALTERNATES:
- Kalani Chapman - HAW
- Garrett McNamara - HAW
- Ian Walsh - HAW
- Kahea Hart - HAW
- Alex Gray - USA
- Chris Bertish - ZAF
- Mark Mathews - AUS
- Shawn Dollar - USA
- John John Florence - HAW
- Danilo Couto - BRZ
- Jamie Mitchell - AUS
- Evan Valiere - HAW
- Gabriel Villaran - PER
- Danny Fuller - HAW
- Keoni Watson - HAW
- Ben Wilkinson - AUS
- Diego Medina - CHL
- RUsty Long - USA
- Derek Dunfee - USA
- Anthony Tashnick - USA
- Ken Collins - USA
- Kealii Mamala - HAW
- Ross Williams - HAW
- TAv Hannemann - HAW
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