Showing posts with label Surfing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surfing. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Swastikas … to Waikiki Surf-Boards

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Founded in 1908 by William Butte, Pacific Ready-cut Homes, later Pacific System Homes, made ’kit’ homes.  When the Stock Market crashed i...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Charles Lambert

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Kalākaua had a great interest in science and he saw it as a way to foster Hawai‘i’s prestige, internationally. The opportunity to demo...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Thelma

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Clifford Carlton “Gavvy” “Cactus” Cravath (March 23, 1881 – May 23, 1963,) was an American right fielder and right-handed batter in Major...
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Herman Melville

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Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1, 1819.  The family name was Melvill, and he added the "e" to the name.  H...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Surfer Girl

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“Surf-riding was one of the most exciting and noble sports known to the Hawaiians, practiced equally by king, chief and commoner. It is...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Mākaha Surfing

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Although no one knows for sure exactly where and when surfing began, there is no doubt that over the centuries the ancient sport of ...
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Saturday, December 8, 2012

Surfing – Hawaiʻi’s Gift to the World of Sports

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Although no one knows for sure exactly where and when surfing began, there is no doubt that over the centuries the ancient sport of ...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Surfing Gives Life and Interest to the Scenery

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Did the Missionaries Really Stop Surfing in Hawaiʻi? Open any book or read any article about surfing in Hawaiʻi and invariably there i...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Duke Kahanamoku

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Born in 1890, Duke Paoa Kahinu Makoe Hulikohoa Kahanamoku was one of nine children of a Honolulu policeman.  He was born at Haleʻākala, ...