The organisers of the traditional event in memory of Eddie Aikau have made public the list of guests who, if the sea turns giant, will be competing in the 2019-2020 edition.

No Latin American or Spanish surfer is on the tournament roster. In the past, Ramón Navarro (who made the podium and surfed one of the best waves in the history of Waimea) had been on the starting roster, and Gabriel Villarán and Ibon Amatriain were on the alternate roster.

The big news on this year's list is the presence of four women as starters: Keala Kennelly, Andrea Moller, Paige Alms and Emily Erickson.

A Legends Series was also announced, featuring Derek Ho, Garrett McNamara, Jeff Clark, Mike Ho, Mike Parsons, Peter Mel and Tom Carroll, with the winner receiving 150.000 Hawaiian Airlines miles.

Below are all the regular guests and their substitutes:

Headlines

Aaron Gold

Andrea Moller

Ben wilkinson

Billy Kemper

Bruce Irons

Danilo Couto

Dave Wassel

Eli Olson

Emi Erickson

Grant Baker

Greg Long

Ian Walsh

Jamie O'Brien

Jamie Mitchell

John John Florence

Kai Lenny

Keala Kennelly

Keali'i Mamala

Kelly Slater

Koa Rothman

Landon McNamara

Lucas Chianca

luke shepardson

Makuakai Rothman

Mark Healey

Mason Ho

Nathan Florence

Nathan Fletcher

Paige Alms

Ross Clarke-Jones

Shane Dorian

Tikanui Smith

Male substitutes

Tyler Larronde

Kyle Shipman

Kohl Christensen

Chris Bertish

chris owens

Mike Pietsch

Torrey Meister

alex martins

Ryan Seelbach

Matt Bromley

Reef McIntosh

Ezekiel Lau

Jamie Sterling

Female substitutes

Bianca Valenti

Raquel Heckert

Justine Dupont

Silvia Nabuco

Laura Enever

Legends

Derek Ho

Garrett McNamara

Jeff clark

Mike Ho

Mike Parsons

Peter Mel

Tom Carroll

The Eddie Aikau Memorial Event is one of the most traditional in history, even though it has been held nine times in over 30 years. This is because the condition for it to take place is that the sea be at a solid 20 Hawaiian feet, “just like Eddie would go,” is the saying.

In recent years, the Aikau family failed to reach an agreement with the brand sponsoring the event and therefore decided to part ways. The event was in doubt but finally the surfer's family got the permits and will hold the event if the waves come.

Eddie Aikau was a legendary Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer who died in 1978 while trying to rescue the crew of the Mokuleia after an accident while traveling from Hawaii to Tahiti, imitating what the ancient Polynesians did.