Duke Kahanamoku S World Of Surfing
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Legends Of Surfing
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Author : Duke Boyd
language : en
Publisher: MVP Books
Release Date : 2009-11-07
Legends Of Surfing written by Duke Boyd and has been published by MVP Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Surfing, Jack London remarked, is “a royal sport for the natural kings of earth.” The greatest of those natural kings grant readers an audience in this glorious celebration of the world’s best surfers. Part exquisite picture book and travelogue to the top of the world, part biography and reference guidebook, Legends of Surfing profiles one hundred great surfers, men and women, from throughout the world. In life stories, and in exclusive interviews--which only the surfing icon Duke Boyd could have pulled off--stellar surfers such as Wayne Bartholomew, Tom Curren, Andy and Bruce Irons, Duke Kahanamoku, Dave Kalama, Gerry Lopez, Rob Machado, Mark Occhilupo, and Kelly Slater give us a rare firsthand look at what it’s like, in this crowded world, to “seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts.” (John Severson, Surfer magazine, 1960)
That Summer At Boomerang
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Author : Phil Jarratt
language : en
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Release Date : 2014-01-01
That Summer At Boomerang written by Phil Jarratt and has been published by Hardie Grant Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
That Summer at Boomerang, by leading surf writer Phil Jarrat, is an evocative retelling of the little known story about the birth of surfing in Australia and the early beginnings of our beach culture and sporting heritage. In the first summer of World War One, while Australian soldiers made their way to the battlefields, the world’s original aquatic superstar sailed for Sydney. Over a two-month, three-state tour, Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku revolutionised perceptions of surfing and swimming, and changed forever the direction of fifteen-year-old Isabel Letham’s life. When the charistmatic Duke picks an average Aussie girl out of the audience to ride his long board with him into shore before a packed beach, it’s a symbol of the seismic change that is already rippling through the nation as the rules and regulations of the 19th century give way to the anything-goes beach culture we recognise today. The story centres on Sydney, Australia, but moves between Honolulu, Stockholm and the Olympics in 1912, and even California (where the Duke eventually goes in search of a Hollywood film career, followed by Isabel). But many more characters from history people these pages – such as novelist Jack London, our first sport promoter Hugh ‘Huge Deal’ Mcintosh as well as other sporting greats – as one season, one summer, epitomises the end of an era and the birth of a new one. ‘That Summer at Boomerang immerses the reader in a time “when fun was young”. The entwined stories of Duke Kahanamoku and Isabel Letham, whose paths crossed at Freshwater beach at the dawn of the age of celebrity and the beginning of the Great War, are the foreground to a fascinating portrayal of Australia and Hawaii, of sport and business, at that seminal moment.’ MALCOLM KNOX ‘Duke and Isabel are entrenched as iconic figures in the world of surfing. This is a wonderfully romanticised account of what “really” happened in the summer of 1914.’ LAYNE BEACHLEY ‘Phil Jarratt has worked a miracle and resurrected Duke Kahanamoku, bringing him to life with great research, wit and storytelling, and above all love for all of surfing’s characters.’ BOB MCTAVISH Phil Jarratt lives in Noosa, Australia and is the leading writer on surfing and surfing history in Australia. He has published many books on surfing and sport biographies including Salts and Suits, Hottest 100 Surfing Legends, Kelly Slater, Surfing Australia: The Complete History of Surf Board Riding in Australia. He is a former editor of Tracks
Surfer Of The Century
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Author : Ellie Crowe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Surfer Of The Century written by Ellie Crowe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A brief biography of Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku, five-time Olympic swimming champion from the early 1900s who is also considered worldwide as the 'father of modern surfing'"--Provided by publisher.
Duke Kahanamoku
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Author : Laurie Calkhoven
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-05-16
Duke Kahanamoku written by Laurie Calkhoven and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-16 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Get to know the father of modern surfing in this fascinating, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies about people “you should meet.” Meet Duke Kahanamoku, three-time Olympic gold medalist and the father of modern surfing. Duke gained international fame for participating in four Olympics and won five medals in total. Fans began calling Duke “the human fish.” Wherever he went, Duke would demonstrate his surfing skills and in 1915, Duke introduced board surfing to Australia. Ten years later, he found another use for a surfboard—as a lifesaving device—using it to save eight people from a capsized boat in California! A special section at the back of the book includes extras like how to speak Hawaiian and a brief history of Hawaii and its culture. With the You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been so fascinating!
Duke Kahanamoku S World Of Surfing
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Author : Duke Kahanamoku
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Duke Kahanamoku S World Of Surfing written by Duke Kahanamoku and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Surfing categories.
World Of Surfing By Duke Kahanamoku With Joe Brennan
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Author : Duke Kahanamoku
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
World Of Surfing By Duke Kahanamoku With Joe Brennan written by Duke Kahanamoku and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Surfing categories.
Duke Kahanamoku S World Of Surfing With Joe Brennan
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Author : Duke Kahanamoku
language : en
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Release Date : 1972
Duke Kahanamoku S World Of Surfing With Joe Brennan written by Duke Kahanamoku and has been published by Angus & Robertson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Surfing categories.
Duke
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Author : Sandra Kimberley Hall
language : en
Publisher: Bess Press
Release Date : 2004
Duke written by Sandra Kimberley Hall and has been published by Bess Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hawai'i's Ambassador of Aloha, Duke Kahanamoku, is remembered for his Olympic medals and as the Father of International Modern Surfing. But those who place leis on his statue in Waik k equally honor him for his strength of character and the Hawaiian ideals he represented. In this moving tribute, filled with photos of Duke, his story and Hawai'i's are intertwined.
Waterman
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Author : David Davis
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-10-01
Waterman written by David Davis and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890–1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America’s first superstar Olympic swimmer. The original “human fish” set dozens of world records and topped the world rankings for more than a decade; his rivalry with Johnny Weissmuller transformed competitive swimming from an insignificant sideshow into a headliner event. Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of “surf-riding,” an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. Standing proudly on his traditional wooden longboard, he spread surfing from Australia to the Hollywood crowd in California to New Jersey. No American athlete has influenced two sports as profoundly as Kahanamoku did, and yet he remains an enigmatic and underappreciated figure: a dark-skinned Pacific Islander who encountered and overcame racism and ignorance long before the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson. Kahanamoku’s connection to his homeland was equally important. He was born when Hawaii was an independent kingdom; he served as the sheriff of Honolulu during Pearl Harbor and World War II and as a globetrotting “Ambassador of Aloha” afterward; he died not long after Hawaii attained statehood. As one sportswriter put it, Duke was “Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey combined down here.” In Waterman, award-winning journalist David Davis examines the remarkable life of Duke Kahanamoku, in and out of the water. Purchase the audio edition.
Duke Kahanamoku And The Secret History Of Surfing
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Author : Michael Sandler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Duke Kahanamoku And The Secret History Of Surfing written by Michael Sandler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Actors categories.
"Bringing surfing to the world. One Hawaiian's love for riding the waves - born from a childhood in the water - helped a little-known ancient pastime grow into a hugely popular sport all around the world." -- Back cover.
