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Waikiki Beach Boys

Wed, Jun 16, 2010

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Short Documentary by Brian Chidester about Duke Kahanamoku and the infamous Waikiki Beach Boys that influenced the surf culture in Hawaii in the early 20th Century. www.dumbangelmagazine.com www.myspace.com/beatnikbeach

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17 Responses to “Waikiki Beach Boys”

  1. kahunahawaii Says:
    16. June 2010 at 5:41 am

    Mahalo nui loa.. from all us Beachboys on Waikiki..

  2. rwkeanalu Says:
    16. June 2010 at 6:00 am

    My Uncle was a Beach Boy with the Outrigger canoe Club a rival club. My Uncle competed along side the ‘Duke’ his name was ‘Johnny Hollinger’ also my goddfather. My Auntie Lucille told me stories about the old days, and how my Uncle’s life was. I wanted to be so much like him. What a great life!

  3. icmms Says:
    16. June 2010 at 6:58 am

    good footage, and first time I heard surfing dissappeared because of the missionaries, wow. I’m not at all impressed by the story, it is told by a anglo-american view point. This perpective of Hawaii’s population before “discovery” and absolution into the US is terrible. The real history is always mistaken here, but is actually really amazing. Look it up people.

  4. WaikiTuimaseve Says:
    16. June 2010 at 7:43 am

    Kool surf inventors bro!

  5. andagii Says:
    16. June 2010 at 8:29 am

    Duke Kahanamoku was one of the father’s of modern surfing, not the father of it. Seeing as George Freeth (Not very well known, from what I’ve seen) was the first to actually internationalize it, ETC. I am not saying, however, that Duke wasn’t a great surfer and swimming athlete because he was.

  6. aleihs808 Says:
    16. June 2010 at 8:31 am

    i have a video called “The wave” and its a great movie about the past and duke kahanamoku..

    xD

  7. TimothyJDean Says:
    16. June 2010 at 9:25 am

    Nicely done. I can “see” the hero of my novel, TEETH, in these excellent pictures. He was a surfer in 1941, before the Japanese attack on Pearl, and he ends up a sniper on the savage South Pacific Island of New Guinea.
    Oh yes – the title? “TEETH” refers to the 4,000 lb, 30 foot crocodile our surfer-hero Johnny must confront and survive, along the Big River through New Guinea’s “heart of darkness,” cannibal and headhunter country.
    I hope to post this video on the website! Great!

  8. lucynme Says:
    16. June 2010 at 9:58 am

    Thanks for posting this video….My grandfather was one of “the boys” in the late 1920’s and ’30’s, who surfed along side the Duke. He was part of the beach patrol as well. He was there during the years of Bing Crosby and Shirley Temple, for I have pictures of him with these famous people. But my most valued pictures are of him with the Duke and the rest of the boys. These are my treasures, and I am proud to say I am a Hawaiian.

  9. alvie3 Says:
    16. June 2010 at 10:05 am

    My granny, who lived in Hawaii from when she was born in 1903 to 1945, used to talk about the beach boys and how they’d carry her board to the water (she was a 5 foot tall Portuguese lady!) for the standard price of 5 cents so she could surf. Honolulu was a small place then and she’d see Duke at the beach often.

  10. namgoz Says:
    16. June 2010 at 10:38 am

    BIG BOARDS WILL NEVER DIE!!! No matter how fast the short boards shred, there is NOTHING more graceful than a good big board rider…

  11. longboardssurf Says:
    16. June 2010 at 11:26 am

    NICE FANTASTIC….W LOVE THIS VIDEO..
    LOVE THIS STYLE OF LIFE
    for ever Waikiki…..Duke never die in our hearts…

  12. Deborahblack Says:
    16. June 2010 at 11:32 am

    Great footage, beautiful pictures. This was very well done. Love it!

  13. rtupin1956 Says:
    16. June 2010 at 12:24 pm

    I am very impressed with your video. Very beautifull.

  14. calandrea Says:
    16. June 2010 at 12:27 pm

    wow, fantastic Documentary!! THANKS

  15. 69starchild Says:
    16. June 2010 at 1:08 pm

    great film. thanks brian. i was lucky enough to have lived and surfed hawaii and been welcomed into that community and shown the ways of aloha, although a lot has changed now, about 10 years ago we still had little parties on Waikiki Beach at our stand with Koko, Dukie, Jama, Nohea, and Willy the Tahitian,Billy Kahamoku and many many others. :)

  16. jonssilva Says:
    16. June 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Terrific Video. I’m doing some family research on my great grandfather (Edward “Dude” Miller). What a lifestyle they lead.

  17. jukedaddy Says:
    16. June 2010 at 2:24 pm

    I love these guys! What a life and time to live in Waikiki…


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