Found at the
Bishop Museum in Honolulu: Duke Kahanamoku's original "Waikiki Beach Boy" surfboard.
The Coracle has mentioned and profiled
Kahanamoku in the past, as he is often called the "father of surfing".
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| The board, and Duke, may be found behind the Hollywood actress, for some reason. |
To give a notion of scale, the board is made of koa wood, is 10 feet in length, and weighs around 100 pounds, although the docent at the Bishop told me she thought it weighed more as it took four museum workers to struggle in its placement. Given that Duke only weighed 30 pounds more than the board, he can be celebrated for his considerable physical strength, too.
Although, this is how he used to get it to the beach:
Anyway, I was able to check this off of the list of sites of veneration I wish to see.
