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The Eddie Big Wave Invitational In Memory of Eddie Aikau, is a big wave surf competition hosted on the North Shore of Hawaii at Waimea Bay. This competition requires perfect swell conditions to create the massive waves for the brave surfers who earned an invitation to this special event to ride.

Some call it a "stomp pad." I call it the place where the back boot stays true. It is a little thing of rubber, or sometimes clear plastic, like a bug caught in amber. But this little thing, it is important.

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