Greg Long Comes From Behind to Win The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Fueled by Monster Energy
December 8th, 2009 by Jamie Tierney
Greg Long has just won his first ever Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau in incredbily dramatic fashion. The San Clemente, CA big wave surfer charged massive bombs that poured through the Waimea lineup the final heat and used all four of his final scoring waves, including a perfect 100 on by far the biggest wave of the day, to come from way behind to move past Kelly Slater. Chilean psycho Ramon Navarro also scored a perfect ride and won the Monster Drop Award, by making an incredible air drop backside and riding to the beach.
The awards ceremony is about to being. Stay tuned from much more from Waimea Bay.
December 8th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
Atta Boy Greg!
We knew you would bring home the gold for California!
Congratulations CHAMP!
December 8th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Incredible day Greg…. Big time congratulations!!!! all the best, Fernando…
December 8th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Thank you, Quiksilver and Monster for such a professional broadcast. I watched the entire day from start to awards via webstream. The entire production was flawless. I can’t believe those announcers talked the entire day. How much did they get paid? Whatever it was they deserved more.
I’m used to watching http://www.coastalwatch.com/templates/default.aspx webcam of Waimea Bay. It’s a terrible cam but the best I can find. This morning watching it I noticed a Quiksilver flag on the beach. I thought, what the heck’s that doing there? So I googled Quiksilver and discovered the surfing event was being streamed LIVE! OH, this was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen on the net!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn’t leave the computer all day.
I sure hope you can provide more livestreaming of all your events. It doesn’t have to be as professional as today. Screw the media corporations and deliver directly to the People!
December 8th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
put up that sick video of his perfect 100 and get 10million views!!!
December 8th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Mahalo, Greg Long for your top scores of the day 100-77-75-71 = 323 Winning Score and now the #8th winner of the In memory of Eddie Aikau 25th Silver Anniversary Big Wave Rider Surf Classic. Congratulations to all seven previous winners. Mahalo to Bruce Irons #7 12-15- 04 20th Anniversary, Kelly Slater #6 1-02, Ross Clarke Jones #5 1-12-01, Noah Johnson #4 1-1-99, Keone Downing #3 1-90, Clyde Aikau #2 86-87, Denton Miyamura #1 84-85. All Awesome Watermen, All Sharing In Memory of Eddie Aukai. Mahalo, Oceanic Time Warner Cable. As spectators in Hawaii we roared with excitement. As we watched for the 1st time on cable TV. All the remarkable, outstanding, accomplishments by the worlds best and most capable surfers. Congratulations!
December 8th, 2009 at 11:26 pm
SOOOOOOOO STOKED FOR YOU GREG!!! WAS AWESOME TO BE THERE AND SEE IT LIVE AND TO CHEER YOU ON FROM AN AMAZING VIEW !! ALWAYS RESPECTED YOUR STYLE AND YOU WON THIS ONE IN FASHION!!
December 9th, 2009 at 2:49 am
What a great shot! There is a rainbow hovering over
the breaking waves in the mist of all the fury crashing behind Greg.
December 9th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Why weren’t there any WOMEN invited to this contest?
December 9th, 2009 at 8:34 am
Thanks Ramon!!!! Congrats for the Biggest Wave! All Chile is crazy for this award! Chile and Pichilemu is waiting for you!!! Congtrats masteeeer!
GLASS
December 9th, 2009 at 8:34 am
congratulations to all, from the Aikua’s to Quiksliver. but mostly, congratulations, to all the riders, it was beautiful!!!!!!!
December 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Beautiful Event!
December 9th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
good congratulion
December 10th, 2009 at 1:19 am
after 17 years living on the NS, i can say , it was two amazing days at the Bay. Eddie WENT!!
as a surfer, i had my heart bitting 100 miles/hr the all time! so much adrenaline! these guys have “balls”. the main thing is NO MAJOR INJURIES, only broken boards! a miracle for how the waves were breaking out there.THANKS GOD! they put a show for all of us! thanks for all of them. they are all WINERS!!!!! aloha from soul surfer
December 10th, 2009 at 6:39 am
Monster Ramon Chilean BigWave Pichilemino ..thanks a lot for represent chile …