Greg Long wins Eddie Aikau Big Wave Contest

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An epic Waimea day.

With enormous waves pumping in from the north, Long survived a nearly sheer drop down one of the larger set waves late in the event's final heat. Judges scored the ride a perfect 100, which helped propel Long past Kelly Slater, who had led through most of the daylong competition.

The mountainous wave, with a face exceeding 40 feet, exploded at Long's heels and a towering wall of whitewater swept over him like a horizontal avalanche. He received the score on the heaviness factor and the potential consequences if he did not make the drop.

"I'm humbled just to be in this event," Long said afterward of a competition that honors a legendary North Shore waterman and is held only on years when truly epic conditions exist.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/12/san-clementes-greg-long-wins-actionpacked-eddioe-aikau-bigwave-surfing-contest.html

[Condem]

1. I love this shit.

Thanks for posting, mix. 40 fucking feet!?!

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2. "the heaviness factor"

biggest waves in years, if not decades...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhYHU4LSnpY&feature=player_embedded

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3. I'd be willing to bet you, mix

That's it's the same weather pattern that's giving us this fucking blizzard in Iowa, tonight. Good stuff.

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4. it just rolled through here, northern NM

we got about 2 feet last night

[Condem]

5. I look out my window, mix

Still coming down. The winds are about to hit in an hour or so.

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6. Happy B-Day, by the way

:hi: