Duke Kahanamoku Rhythm

    A L O H A -
           Means: Loving Welcome

" I have never 

seen snow 

and do not know 

what winter means. "

                     Duke Kahanamoku

(Kah - hahnah - moe - koo)

[ In 1917, Duke rode a monster wave 

1-1/8 miles at Waikiki on a wooden 

surfboard without a skeg or leash–

one of Surfing's longest rides. ]

" The snow goose 

need not bathe 

to make itself white. 

Neither need you 

do anything 

but be yourself. "

            Lao Tzu

Fly Birdie Fly!  Way Up in the Sky!

" Where liberty is, 

there is my country. "

                      Benjamin Franklin

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Linking to

Wild Bird Wednesday

Thank You

for Surfing By!

               Fondly, cloudia

Some AMAZING Facts About

D U K E   K A H A N A M O K U:

1911 Broke 3 freestyle world records in Hawaii’s first ever AAU swim meet, and Duke’s first races, in Honolulu Harbor

1912 Stockholm Olympics –swimming for the USA, he won Hawaii’s first Olympic gold medal for 100-meter freestyle, and a silver medal for the 4×200-meter freestyle relay

1912 Popularized surfing on the USA Atlantic Coast

1914-1915 Won the Australian National Swimming Championship and popularized surfing in Australia

1915 Re-introduced surfing to New Zealand

1913-1929 Helped popularize swimming and surfing in California

1918 Swam in exhibitions in about 30 US and Canadian cities to boost morale and raise money for Liberty Bonds for the US military in World War 1. Boosted swimming’s popularity and reinforced Hawai’i’s supremacy in water sports

1912-1922 Won countless races, set an unaccountable number of records amassing a trove of medals and trophies as the reigning world champion

1920 Recommended surfing as an Olympic event

1920 At Antwerp Olympics won two gold medals in 100-meter freestyle and 4×200-meter freestyle relay. He was 8 years older but his new world record was faster than his 1912 victory

1924 Paris Olympics; silver medal in 100-meter freestyle race won by “Tarzan” Johnny Weissmuller. Brother Sam won the bronze

1922-1929 Helped make Southern California a water sports mecca while living in Los Angeles and as a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club. Worked for movie studios, playing minor roles in about 30 silent movies.

1925 Heroic surfboard rescue of 8 drowning fishermen at Corona del Mar, California

And Much MUCH More!

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