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Yachtcharter Griechenland — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:10 GMT

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Yachtcharter Griechenland — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:21:50 GMT

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Comment on Kamehameha School Surfers Give Back

vino biodinamico — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:43:19 GMT

Wow, I never knew that Kamehameha School Surfers Give Back. That’s pretty interesting...

Comment on Big Wave Poster SIgning - Macy's - Ala Moana Center

Yachtcharter Griechenland — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:36:34 GMT

That's great, I never thought about the Eddie Aikau Foundation Event like that before.

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Buck Thompson — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:19:22 GMT

That’s great, I never thought about sticker like that before.

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Wow, I never knew that Kamehameha Schools Surfers. That's pretty interesting...

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carpal tunnel syndrome — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:03:02 GMT

Good post, but have you thought about Kamehameha School Surfers before?

Comment on Eddie Would Go - Bash 2008

Ricki — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:35:31 GMT

Eddie Would Go Bash 2008

It was truly a collective effort by family and friends that made the EDDIE AIKAU BASH 2008 a huge success! $8,000 was cleared after expenses, and all who attended had a blast with the dancing, emcees, auction and enjoying a well orchestrated evening of wonderful music! Thank you, Ohana, for all your donations and hard work!

Comment on Eddie Aikau - Legend of a Hero

Brandon Forest — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:59:31 GMT

I never knew Eddi Aikau. I only learned of him reading about the contest. I do however have a connection. While not knowing it at the time, I was one of the many sets of eyes looking for him in mid-March of 1978.

I joined the US Coast Guard in Sept. of 1977 and went to boot camp in Alameda California. My first assignment as a seaman apprentice was aboard the USCGC Burton Island, an aging Wind-class Ice Breaker. I was deployed to Antarctica in early December 1977 and was in operations opening the channel to McMurdo Station by January. We finished our operations in late February 1998 and stopped off in Wellington New Zealand for supplies and then Suva Fiji for a liberty port-of-call.

For the next leg of our Voyage home to San Francisco Bay, we were scheduled to stop at Honolulu for 5 days. During the passage I was assigned to the bridge mid-watch, which is from 0000-0400 and 1200 -1600.

On bridge watch we rotated three stations between the watch-standers. 20 minutes on helm, 20 minutes on message runner, and 20 minutes on lookout. Two days out from Suva Fiji we received standing orders that at the time, we all thought were a weird. "All lookouts, be on the lookout for a single man on a surfboard". For the next three days we did just that, but then the order was rescinded. None of knew what it was about at the time.

It wasn't until about 10 years ago, when I was reading an article in Surfer Magazine about the Eddie Aikau at Waimea. Even then it took some time for me to make the connection. The time frame is right, mid-March 1978. The location a line between Suva Fiji and Honolulu Hawaii. I can only conclude that I was looking out for Eddie Aikau.

Not much of a connection, but hey, I’ve been a kook surfer for 40 years too.

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