While the young couple did not have children of their own, Aikau taught his nieces and nephews to surf at Waimea Bay during their summer breaks. Ipsen went home to Seattle, sold everything she owned and moved to Hawaii to marry Aikau several months later. Under Aikau there were no reports of any drowning at his beach. By then, Eddie was already a well-known surfer, riding 30-foot waves at Waimea Bay, the same place he worked as a lifeguard. He had come with a friend to the airport to pick up the girls. Ipsen met Aikau in June 1970 on a one-week vacation to Hawaii with a friend when she was 21 years old. Iwane is a student at Kailua Intermediate School and received honorable mention in the contest. The one thing I think everyone gets from that message is to just never give up."ĬINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / Aikau gave Kristyn Iwane a hug yesterday during the Third Annual Eddie Aikau Essay Contest Awards Ceremony, held at the Elks Club in Waikiki. "It means something different to everyone," said Linda Ipsen, who was married to Aikau for seven years before he died. The phrase "Eddie Would Go," memorializing the surfer, is seen on bumper stickers and T-shirts all over Hawaii and on the mainland. Through this contest, the family hopes to teach Aikau's story to the next generation. The Eddie Aikau Foundation awarded the winners yesterday in its third annual essay contest, in which it received 305 entries, at the Elks Lodge in Waikiki. I think it's incredible how Eddie can still inspire generations and generations." "It's real humbling to know that after so long, people still respect and remember Eddie. "Thirty years, it passed by real fast," said Aikau's youngest brother, Clyde. Aikau, known for helping others, was never seen again, but his memory and legacy live on. The other crew members were rescued hours later. Three decades ago this day, from a sinking Hokule'a, Aikau paddled out into the Molokai Channel looking for help. You don't have to be as brave as Eddie (I'm certainly not). "He inspires me to do what's right for the community even if others don't. » "To me, Eddie Aikau is a legend and a hero," wrote Eliane Mathieu, of Kailua Intermediate School, who won first place in the eighth-grade category in an essay contest sponsored by the Eddie Aikau Foundation. But 30 years later, intermediate and high school students are writing essays about the legendary surfer's inspiration. By Laurie Aikau has been gone longer than they have been alive.
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