As a 15 year old kid growing up in Hawaii, the surfing legend eddie Aikau is everywhere. When you think of the best lifeguard or a big wave surfer you think of Eddie. He did many heroic things during his life and he made the ultimate sacrifice. He was born in May 5, 1946, and Died on March 17,1978. He grew up in Kaulili Hawaii, Eddie had a brother named Clyde Aikau, and his passion was be close to the ocean and surf.

In 1968, he became the first lifeguard hired by the City & County of Honolulu to work on the North Shore. Not one life was lost while he served as lifeguard at Waimea Bay. He took on surf that often reached 20 feet high or more to make a rescue. He became very famous for surfing the big Hawaiian waves and won several surfing awards including First Place at the prestigious 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. The local saying, "Eddie Would Go," with means he would take on big waves that other surfers would shy away from and his courage to make a rescue in impossible situations. When I hear the name Eddie Aikau I think of a unselfish person and a person that isn't afraid of anything that would help anyone in need. …show more content…
In 1976, the Polynesian Voyaging Society had planned a journey that the sailed ancient route of the Polynesian migration used to do,they would use the Hokule'a and it would take 30 days, 2500 mile journey between Hawaiian and Tahitian islands. In 1978, a second voyage of the traditional sailing canoe was