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Eddie would go : the story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian hero and pioneer of big wave surfing /

Title
Eddie would go : the story of Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian hero and pioneer of big wave surfing / by Stuart Holmes Coleman.
Author
Coleman, Stuart Holmes.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Griffin, [2004], ©2001.

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Description
269 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 24 cm
Summary
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. -- Publisher's website.
Subject
  • Aikau, Eddie, 1946-1978
  • Aikau, Eddie, 1946-1978
  • Hawaii > History > 1959-
  • Hawaii
  • Lifeguards > Hawaii > Biography
  • Lifeguards
  • Since 1959
  • Surfers > Hawaii > Biography
  • Surfers
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History
Note
  • Reprint. Originally published: Honolulu : MindRaising Press, 2002.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index.
ISBN
  • 0312327188
  • 9780312327187
  • 09706137X (canceled/invalid)
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library