Eddie Would Go By Coleman Stuart Holmes

Every winter the world s elite big wave riders gather at Waimea Bay on the North Shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu and wait When the sun comes up they size up the waves and ponder Would Eddie Aikau go Eddie Aikau rode the biggest waves in the world rescued hundreds of drowning swimmers from the North Shore s unfor giving waters and ultimately sacrificed his life to save fellow sailors aboard the voyaging Canoe Hokulea The Eddie is the world s most prestigious surfing contest held only when the waves reach at least twenty feet high Eddie Would Go is the splendid tale of Aikau s legendary life and legacy an informative history of surfing and an engrossing account of modern Hawaii 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