Eddie would go :
Coleman, Stuart Holmes
Eddie would go : the story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian hero and pioneer of big wave surfing / by Stuart Holmes Coleman. - 269 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm.
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.
0312327188 9780312327187
2002114004
Aikau, Eddie, 1946-1978
Surfing--Hawaii.
Lifesaving--Hawaii.
Lifeguards--Hawaii.
Biographies
GV838.A37 / C65 2002
797.3/2/092
Eddie would go : the story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian hero and pioneer of big wave surfing / by Stuart Holmes Coleman. - 269 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm.
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.
0312327188 9780312327187
2002114004
Aikau, Eddie, 1946-1978
Surfing--Hawaii.
Lifesaving--Hawaii.
Lifeguards--Hawaii.
Biographies
GV838.A37 / C65 2002
797.3/2/092