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Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born to a minor noble family less than three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
The Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship is named in honor of the "Father of Modern Surfing", Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku. The contest began in 1965 by invitation only at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oʻahu until it was replaced by the Billabong Pro in 1985. The championship was the first surfing event to be ...
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Lagoon. Coordinates: 21.2824°N 157.8394°W. Duke's Lagoon with Diamond Head in the background. 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 Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and Fort DeRussy Military Reservation.
UPDATE : 3 :40 p.m. Kauai’s Tatiana Weston-Webb settled for a silver medal in women’s surfing after losing to Caroline Marks of the United States in a dramatic final heat this afternoon in the ...
Coco Palms Resort. / 22.049294; -159.33586. Coco Palms Resort was a resort hotel in Wailuā, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, that was noted for its Hollywood connections, Hawaiian-themed weddings, torch lighting ceremonies, destruction by a hurricane, and long-standing land disputes. The resort includes or is near to many culturally significant spots and ...
Becoming TRUE Zero Waste certified requires a facility to divert 90% or more of your total waste into secondary streams for 12 consecutive months, Hanson explained. 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay won't be ...
Kalākaua. Liliuokalani I. 1887–1891. Hawaiian: Ma ka Lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua, Moʻi o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina. English: By the grace of God, King of the Hawaiian Islands. Kalākaua. 1891–1893. Hawaiian: Ma ka Lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua, Moʻi Wahine o ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻAina. English: By the grace of God, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands.
1895 Counter-Revolution in Hawaii. Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox (February 15, 1855 – October 23, 1903), [2] nicknamed the Iron Duke of Hawaiʻi, was a Native Hawaiian whose father was an American and whose mother was Hawaiian. A revolutionary soldier and politician, he led uprisings against both the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom ...