Eddie Would Go

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.