Last January, as I was coming home from a trip in Canada, one of my client asked me if I was keen to fly to Oahu the next day to cover the Eddie Aikau…
I was there in 2009, last time the event ran and I shot action the all day, the level of commitment was pretty incredible. I always thought that if I had the opportunity to shoot it again I will focus on the behind the scene as the vibe is pretty unique.
I landed in the middle of the night before the contest, the brief wasn’t really defined yet so before things started too clear up I shot pretty much everything which happened in front of my lens, wandering around the Waimea Bay car park…
The rigours of the journey was slowly killing me and I knew it would be a long and intense day so I decided to go with the flow and let people act as they wanted in front of my lens…