Overview

""Fierce Heart"" is the biography of a community and a portrait of its people. Although Makaha is a small, isolated town on the Western coast of Oahu, it has produced some of the most intriguing Hawaiians of the twentieth century: world-class surfers Buffalo Keaulana and his sons Rusty and Brian; beautiful skin diver and surfing pro Rell Sunn; and, larger than life singer and songwriter Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. What connects them is a love for their culture, their people, and various kinds of water sports. ""Fierce Heart"" combines stories of exciting big wave surfing competitions, dramatic water rescues, deep friendships, and touching family portraits with a look at the history and origins of one of the world's most thrilling extreme sports.

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"""The author's prose is clean, precise, and beautiful, like a single fin longboard smoothly slicing through waves of glass."" Big Island Weekly"""

The author's prose is clean, precise, and beautiful, like a single fin longboard smoothly slicing through waves of glass. Big Island Weekly

Author Information

Stuart Holmes Coleman moved to Hawai'i in 1993 to teach, write, and surf. He is the author of the award-winning book Eddie Would Go and works as the regional coordinator for the Surfrider Foundation.

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