Clyde Aikau is still charging giant surf closer to 70, than he is 60.
HONOLULU — Clyde Aikau took some very deep breaths before heading down to the water, his extra-long, single-fin surf board in tow.
The 66-year-old Hawaiian is no stranger to the waves at Waimea Bay, on Oahu’s North Shore, but Thursday was a bit different.
The waves were more than 50 feet high and the surf was pumping so loudly that people on the beach could barely hear. The Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surf competition, the most prestigious big wave competition in the world, was on — the first time in seven years that conditions have been good enough (read: huge enough) to hold it.
Dressed in a yellow rashguard, his bulky life vest protruding underneath, Aikau, who has announced his retirement from big wave surfing after this season, paused at the shore break for a moment, looking nervous, but also completely ready with his board tucked comfortably beneath his arm.
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