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Assignment 4. The Legend of Eddie Aikau1818 unread replies.1818 replies.
Watch the film "Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau". You can access it for under $4 from the following sources.
Disney Plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9CvlIdnhNc (cheapest option - $1.99)Links to an external site.
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1. How was/is surfing important as a cultural practice for native Hawaiians and as form of resistance to colonization and the seizing of Hawaiian land and assets?
2. How is Eddie's legacy celebrated by the global surfing community today?
Submit your answers to these questions and comment on at least one other student's thread (50 words minimum) - do you agree with their assessment of the importance of surfing (a leisure/recreation pursuit) to Hawaiian culture past and present?