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Eddie Ceremony |
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As the opening ceremony becomes more commercialised the surfers close ranks for the prayer.
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Arrive late for the ceremony to be lost in the crowd all you will see is tips of the rhino chasers.
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Three years in a row for Twiggy and now he rides one of the shortest boards amongst his peers.
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Equipment that is honed from knowledge attained by riding the biggest possible waves.
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Grant Twiggy Baker flying the flat for South Africa.
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Ramon Navarro winner of the Monster Drop award in the 2009 event.
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Mark Healy will take a break from swimming with Great Whites to tackling the Great Waimea should the Eddie run in 2011.
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Alex Grey will step in as an alternate should someone be unable to take their invitee invitation.
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Eddie regular Sunny Garcia and Eddie debutant Jeremy Flores.
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John John Florence, 19 years old and an Eddie alternate.
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Garret McNamara from 90ft Portugal to hanging out on the alternate list for more big things.
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Twiggy says he doesn't know how long he will be in Hawaii, the swell will dictate his plans.
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Slater and Dorian, old friends, old hands at big wave surfing.
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Jamie O'Brien
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Clyde Aikau always looking to make his brother proud.
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A tradition at the ceremony is that everyone, friends, family, strangers get fed. One big Ohana.
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When the bay calls the day that crowd will be ten fold and traffic will be backed up for miles.
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Form the circle, say your words, splash the water and then wait for the swell.
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Going left at , Mark Healey did it in 2009 some other crazies will do it again.
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A small swell was available on ceremony day, a bigger, much bigger, swell is bearing across the pacific towards the North Shore and already "Eddie Swell" murmurs are surfacing.
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| Posted by Travon on the 20/12/2011 15:49 |
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| Posted by nclwmog on the 20/12/2011 20:43 |
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| Posted by Lorena on the 09/01/2012 06:09 |
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| Posted by pqirmskgzk on the 09/01/2012 07:56 |
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