Chilean Surfer Ramon Navarro Wins The Inaugural $10,000 Monster Energy Drop

CORONA, Calif., (Dec. 10, 2009) - In what was quite possibly the most epic surf competition of all-time, the 25th annual Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau, fueled by Monster Energy, an amazing heat battle for the inaugural $10,000 Monster Energy Drop award between Chile's Ramon Navarro and Californian Greg Long quickly became the stuff of legend in the monstrous surf of Hawaii's Waimea Bay.
 
Surfing head-to-head in the third heat of the second and final round, both Long and Navarro made history by putting up the second and third perfect 100-point scores, respectively, in the eight events that have been run in the past quarter century. Long opened with a massive four-story elevator drop, standing on the tail of his 12-foot board all the way through the bottom before getting detonated in a 60-foot wall of white water.
 
The crowd and announcers were on their feet in amazement. At the time, Long looked to have the Monster Energy Drop award in the bag. Then it was Navarro's turn in the all-star big wave lineup.
 

FUEL TV Airs “The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau fueled by Monster Energy” Friday, December 11, 2009 at 6:30pm PT / 9:30pm ET.

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Via Quiksilver.com