Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing...
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Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Lagoon is a small, man-made wading pool in the Waikiki neighborhood of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oʻahu near the...
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Kimo Wilder McVay (section Duke Kahanamoku and Don Ho)
the song a national hit. McVay was a friend and manager to Duke Kahanamoku. The Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship was developed by Kimo McVay...
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younger brother of Duke Kahanamoku. He was the youngest son born into a family of Native Hawaiians headed by Duke Halapu Kahanamoku and Julia Paʻakonia...
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Walter F. Dillingham. The project took about seven years, 1921–1928. Duke Kahanamoku became a well-known surfer in Waikiki. Throughout his life and after...
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Football League player Duke Kahanamoku (1890–1968), Hawaiian swimmer and surfer Duke McKenzie (born 1963), British retired boxer Duke Pearson (1932-1980)...
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and Olympic gold medalist Duke Kahanamoku and the elder brother of Sargent Kahanamoku. He was born to Duke Halapu Kahanamoku and Julia Paakonia Paoa in...
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Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship is named in honor of the "Father of Modern Surfing", Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku....
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Duke became the first non-Hawaiian woman to take up competitive surfing under the tutelage of surfing champion and Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku and...
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exist and merit addition if supported by reliable sources. By the time Duke Kahanamoku swam 22.6 in 1923, the level of certainty in the progression of this...
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amalgamation of Manly, Pittwater and Warringah Councils. In December 1914, Duke Kahanamoku, the world sprint swimming champion, was touring Australia. He selected...
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defending champion Duke Kahanamoku in the final. Kahanamoku was the first man to win three medals in the event. His brother Samuel Kahanamoku earned the bronze...
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surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship. The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational...
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neither the plaintiff nor the nominal defendant were Japanese. While Duke Kahanamoku was a military police officer during World War II, he arrested Lloyd...
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she is the only woman to win it more than once. Four men, American Duke Kahanamoku, Weissmuller, Russian Alexander Popov, and Dutchman Pieter van den...
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Pauahi Bishop estate (until 1912), and was also the childhood home of Duke Kahanamoku and his many cousins from the Paoa family. The portion of the Bishop...
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Hebner of the United States won the 100 m backstroke. At these games Duke Kahanamoku from Hawaii won the 100 m freestyle, having learned the six kicks per...
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Duke Kahanamoku of the United States. The favorites were Kahanamoku and fellow American Norman Ross, the 1919 Inter-Allied Games winner. Kahanamoku had...
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contributing to the overall medal tally. Notable swimmers included Duke Kahanamoku, who won two gold medals in swimming events (100 meters freestyle and...
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1912, Duke Kahanamoku, a Hawaiian Olympic swimmer in the early 1900s, brought surfing to mainland United States and Australia. Because of this, Duke is considered...
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in the 100m and 150yd events. On July 9, 1922, Weissmuller broke Duke Kahanamoku's world record in the 100-meter freestyle, swimming it in 58.6 seconds...
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swimming team Men's Team Ralph Breyer Harry Glancy Dick Howell Duke Kahanamoku Samuel Kahanamoku Warren Kealoha Bill Kirschbaum Henry Luning Wally O'Connor...
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speed. Despite being one of the best known surfers since the time of Duke Kahanamoku, the matured Hamilton avoids self-promotion. He serves as an ambassador...
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tube riding in Hawaii during the early 1960-1970s. A member of the Duke Kahanamoku Surf Team, he appeared in several surf movies and remained a fixture...
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Stadium Soccer stadium Waipi‘o Peninsula Soccer Stadium Aquatics center Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex Other venues Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex...
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December 28, 2010 Boyd, Duke (2009). Dregni, Michael (ed.). Legends of Surfing: The Greatest Surfriders from Duke Kahanamoku to Kelly Slater (hardback)...
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says the King began to surf in the 1960s on a board given him by Duke Kahanamoku. Hawaiians referred to this art as heʻe nalu which translates into...
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proclaimed it "an organization for the haole". In response, Freeth and Duke Kahanamoku started the multiracial Hui Nalu Club (Club of Waves) at Waikīkī Beach...
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daughter Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and her husband, Charles Reed Bishop. Duke Kahanamoku was also born in Haleʻākala while Bishop lived there. The house was...
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Brussels, Belgium 5 1:01.6 Duke Kahanamoku United States 20 Jul 1912 German Championships Hamburg, Germany 6 1:01.4 Duke Kahanamoku United States 9 Aug 1918...
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