Landon McNamara is a musician and a model. After Sunday, he’s also the reigning champion of the world’s most prestigious big wave surf event.

The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational went off today at Waimea Bay and North Shore native Landon McNamara captured big wave surfing's greatest prize.

Hawaii’s Landon McNamara captured the iconic Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Sunday at Waimea Bay. For just the 11th time in its 40-year history, the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational was held as Oahu’s North Shore delivered massive 40-plus-foot waves,

Landon McNamara, a local surfer and musician, won the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay on Sunday.

North Shore boy Landon McNamara, is celebrating his huge victory at Waimea Bay winning the 11th running of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational. McNamara scored a perfect 50 on

Landon McNamara took home first place at the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational, referred to as “The Eddie,” hosted on Sunday in Waimea Bay, Hawaii. The event featured waves over 40 feet and over 25,

Landon McNamara wins the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational in Hawaii, riding waves over 40 feet and scoring a perfect 50-point wave.

Landon McNamara won the 2024 Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational with 135.8 points. He also had the highest-scoring wave of the competition.

After a seven-year hiatus of Eddie contests from 2009-2016, it feels like we've been spoiled/privileged with two historic and pumping contests at Waimea Bay in 2023 and 2024. Brian Bielmann, one of the most tenured and hardworking North Shore photographers around,