Eddie would go : the story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian hero and pioneer of big wave surfing / by Stuart Holmes Coleman.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2001Description: 269 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0312327188
- 9780312327187
- 797.3/2/092 22
- GV838.A37 C65 2002
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Book | Sonoma Academy Library | 797.3 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 922480 | |||
Book | Sonoma Academy Library | 797.3 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 922481 | |||
Book | Sonoma Academy Library | 797.3 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 922482 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
In the 1970s, a decade before bumper stickers and T-shirts bearing the phrase Eddie Would Go began popping up all over the Hawaiian islands and throughout the surfing world, Eddie Aikau was proving what it meant to be a "waterman." As a fearless and gifted surfer, he rode the biggest waves in the world; as the first and most famous Waimea Bay lifeguard on the North Shore, he saved hundreds of lives from its treacherous waters; and as a proud Hawaiian, he sacrificed his life to save the crew aboard the voyaging canoe Hokule'a. Eddie Would Go is the compelling story of Eddie Aikau's legendary life and legacy, a pipeline into the exhilarating world of surfing, and an important chronicle of the Hawaiian Renaissance and the emergence of modern Hawaii.
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