{"id":43312,"date":"2011-01-21T08:05:15","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=43312"},"modified":"2011-01-21T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2011-01-21T15:05:15","slug":"surfing-video-no-go-the-official-call-for-quiksilver-in-memory-of-eddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=43312","title":{"rendered":"Surfing Video – ‘No Go’ the official call for Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waimea Bay — George Downing, Contest Director of The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau, Fueled by Monster Energy,\u00c2\u00a0 has called a “NO GO” for competition at Waimea Bay today, based upon the inconsistency of the swell. While there were definitely 20-foot-plus waves sporadically throughout the morning, the consistency of those large waves was deemed to be insufficient to run the two rounds of competition. The event still has until February 28 to run.<\/p>\n

“What we see in conditions like this is just one or two true ‘Eddie’ size waves in the period of a heat,” said Downing. “With seven surfers in the water per heat, that is not the kind of playing field we need for quality, fair competition\u00c2\u00a0 …\u00c2\u00a0 More<\/a><\/p>\n