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Making Waves
I took this photo at Waimea Beach the day before the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikua Competition is held only when waves top 20 feet in Waimea Bay. This past Tuesday was only the 8th time the contest has been offered since the first one in 1984.
Eddie Aikau was one of Hawaii’s best surfers, swimmers, life guards and citizens. He was lost at sea in March of 1978 when the double-hulled voyaging canoe on which he was a crew member began sinking. Eddie left the boat to paddle to Lanai for help. The other crew members were later rescued by the Coast Guard. Eddie Aikau never made it to the island of Lanai and his body was never recovered.
(I have deliberately been very brief with Eddie’s Biography. Look it up and read it for yourself. It’s worth the time & effort.)
That is a great shot Q. I love how you got the waves crashing as well as the calm of the bay. Brilliant
Thom — the bay is where the waves are. The calm is the canal — and seconds after I snapped this shot it wasn’t quite as placid.
Technically yes
What a magical place! Love the contrast of wind blown landscape and calm!
Gemma the waves had filled the air with sea spray. I kept having to clean my camera lens and my glasses.
Beautiful Picture Quilly, So Peaceful.
Bill — only you would consider 15-20 foot waves peaceful!
Beautiful! My first thought was “wow what an amazing place to live” and then I remembered the 50-foot waves… hmmm, maybe not. LOL
R.I.P. Eddie. What a life, lived in so short a time.
Susan — yeah, but if you lived there when the waves came (every 5-6 years) they’d throughly clean your living room!
And after reading Eddie Aikau’s biography my heart ached for weeks — still does when I think about it. What an incredible man. There is a bumper sticker here the surfers paste on their cars. It reads, “Eddie would go.”
That’s a great shot. Makes me think how different future photos will be.
Six Random Words
Nessa — I’ll still be on an island in the same ocean, but Puget Sound is much more protected than the open sea.
This is a great shot. I like the way you’ve managed to get both moving water with waves and still water with a reflection .
QS — more remarkable still, I took this from a rolling car while I was driving. Don’t tell anybody though — especially Amoeba!
Beautiful shot! Hawaii must be a surfer’s paradise.
Barbara — so the surfers say.
Such a stunning shot Quilly ~ boy oh boy it sure makes me miss my island (Garden Isle). Hope to get back there soon.
~Kar
Weekend Reflections ~ A Watery Theme
Kar — I’ve not yet been to Kauai. I hear it is much more gorgeous than Oahu — which has to mean it is dazzling!
Isn’t that lovely? Looks like there was a bit of wind that day too…
Melli — the wind really wasn’t too bad. There was gallons of salt spray suspended in the air though. I was completely covered in salt even though the closest I got to the water was about 10 feet.
The surf was bigger than usual here in Southern California, but NOTHING like the huge waves in Hawaii. Lovely photo
Hugs and blessings,
Storyteller — and I didn’t get to see the HUGE waves. I went one day too early!
Very picturesque and cool reflection! 20 feet? Whoa, big waves!
Ebie — the day after this photo was captured the waves were coming in at 40-50 feet.
Excellent photo and story. I cannot picture waves taller than my 2 story home. Must be awesome (or fearsome).
John — if one is in a safe place, seeing the waves is awesome. If one is not in a safe place ….
Nature is incredible!
A very moving, sad story. What an incredible man he must have been. No wonder they honor him so. A fabulous photo, Quilly. I bet you will miss living in Hawaii. The worst time to be moving to the mainland is winter… unless going to the southern states. Moving from Hawaii into the dead of a cold, snowy winter doesn’t sound fun to me, though guess some people love the cold & snow.
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that looks like a lot of moving water, and the contrast with the calm reflecting surface is stunning. great shot,whichever way you took it
Cool pic.
I have yet to see the big waves on the north shore!
My daughter should return today sometime after a week in Hawaii for a friend’s wedding. Cannot wait to see her photos.
The difference between the two waters in your shot is breath-taking. Let me guess: not many reflections on the ocean-side of the peninsula.
Wow, love the contrast between the waves and the still water. Beautiful shot of nature’s wonder.
Lovely contract of the calm pool in the foreground with the crashing waves in the background!