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Kahanamoku

American  
[kah-hah-nah-moh-koo] / kɑˌhɑ nɑˈmoʊ ku /

noun

  1. Duke Paoa 1890–1968, U.S. swimmer and surfer.


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The restaurant, which has been a favorite watering hole for tourists and locals for decades, is named in honor of Hawaiian surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025

The landmark Pacific Coast Highway eatery, at the base of Las Flores Canyon, was named after Hawaiian surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

Kahanamoku won a total of five Olympic medals in the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Games and was an advocate for his native Hawaii and surfing.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2022

At this pinnacle point, Moore is still in disbelief when she's compared to Duke Kahanamoku, the godfather of modern surfing who is memorialized in Hawaii with a cherished monument.

From Fox News • Aug. 6, 2021

Hercules of twenty-two, the whitest blond man ever burned to mahogany brown by a sub-tropic sun, with body and lines and muscles very much resembling the wonderful ones of Duke Kahanamoku.

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack