1986 Quiksilver / Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational
"The Return of Big Wave Competition," by Leonard Brady, SURFER Magazine, July 1986
Twenty-feet was the minimum, not 15 with some 18s and 20s, but 20-foot solid. The small days went by, the standard was held. By mid-January, all the overseas pros who had invitations left for home. Several had questionable Waimea credentials anyway. The original invite sheet, incredibly enough, had listed Roger Erickson, Derrick Doerner, Randy Rarick, Charlie Walker and Owl Chapman as alternates. Basically, 50...