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Being Maya Gabeira

By Andrew Pattison (video), Micah Abrams (story)
ESPN Action Sports

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

On December 15, 2004, "Eddie" went. The Quiksilver Invitational In Memory of Eddie Aikua is only held when the North Pacific unleashes its most spectacular swells on big-wave surfing's birthplace: Oahu's Waimea Bay. That day, as 35-foot waves poured into the Bay, for only the seventh time in the event's 23-year history its elite roster of on-call big-wave hell men gathered on the beach. Before they could paddle out, the locals who call this break home had to surf in. "The Bay called the day," as ...

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