{"id":146956,"date":"2018-11-26T21:32:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T04:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=146956"},"modified":"2018-11-26T21:32:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T04:32:38","slug":"the-33rd-annual-eddie-big-wave-invitational-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=146956","title":{"rendered":"The 33rd Annual Eddie Big Wave Invitational is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Eddie Aikau Foundation announced that the iconic big wave surfing event will return to Waimea Bay to celebrate the legacy of North Shore&#8217;s first lifeguard.<\/p>\n<p>The contest is held in memory of the late Eddie Aikau, a surfer and waterman who was lost at sea during Hokulea&#8217;s voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Quiksilver pulled out as the main sponsor after three decades\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfertoday.com\/surfing\/14724-the-eddie-returns-for-the-2018-2019-winter-season?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+surfertoday%2Fsurfing+%28Surf+News+%7C+SurferToday.com%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoked News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eddie Aikau Foundation announced that the iconic big wave surfing event will return to Waimea Bay to celebrate the legacy of North Shore&#8217;s first lifeguard. The contest is held in memory of the late Eddie Aikau, a surfer and waterman who was lost at sea during Hokulea&#8217;s voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1978. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-surf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146957,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146956\/revisions\/146957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}