Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.

water polo team at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The First Day Ceremony was held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki and was attended by thousands. During this period he also appeared in a number of television programs and films such as Mister Roberts (1955).

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24 1890 – January 22 1968) was an American competition swimmer who was also known as an actor lawman early beach volleyball player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing.