“Recently Amandine Sanchez has a bit slow down on contest surfing , however she remains more involved into surfing than ever. Free Surfing, coaching kids from the French team and the BASC, filming and shooting, Amandine knows how to stay busy…
That trip to Hawaii was a good example: Amandine went there to coach Dean an O’Neill grommet for his first trip on the Rock and she still managed to shoot with some photogs and put together that little edit… Enjoy… ”
Twenty-eight years along in the life of The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau big wave invitational, we are reminded that what helps to make The Eddie great are often the times it doesn’t run. For all these years Contest Director George Downing has maintained a strict 20-foot minimum wave requirement that has ensured the event only takes place on the most memorable of days at Waimea Bay.
The Eddie was last held in December of 2009, won by Greg Long. It nearly ran again on January 20, 2011. The tower was built and the stage was set. But  … MoreÂ