{"id":11327,"date":"2015-08-27T10:58:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T14:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=11327"},"modified":"2015-08-27T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T14:58:38","slug":"google-remembers-olympian-surfer-duke-kahanamoku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/google-remembers-olympian-surfer-duke-kahanamoku.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Remembers Olympian &#038; Surfer Duke Kahanamoku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Google Doodle honors famed five-time Olympic medalist, Hawaiian athlete and swimmer, Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968), who was born 24 August 1890 in Hawaii. He was known as the \u201cFather of Surfing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11329\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11329\" style=\"width: 982px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/illustration-0827-2015-duke-kahanamoku.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/illustration-0827-2015-duke-kahanamoku.png\" alt=\"a Google Doodle of Hawaiian surfer Duke Kahanamoku \" width=\"982\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/illustration-0827-2015-duke-kahanamoku.png 982w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/illustration-0827-2015-duke-kahanamoku-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/illustration-0827-2015-duke-kahanamoku-500x131.png 500w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/illustration-0827-2015-duke-kahanamoku-900x236.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Google<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here is a 1965 interview with him by Bruce Brown at the start of the first annual Duke Kahanamoku invitational surfing competition. Source: YouTube.com<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lk_5GLAEqIQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are hundreds of old news articles in GenealogyBank\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/gbnk\/newspapers\/?utm_source=social&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;s_referrer=social&amp;s_siteloc=blog&amp;s_trackval=%20SM_Blog_txtlnk_2014_00&amp;kbid=69919&amp;pq=1&amp;prebuy=no&amp;intver=&amp;CCPRODCODE=\">Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> that detailed his remarkable surfing career \u2013 which lasted more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>[search_box]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11330\" style=\"width: 283px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/oregonian-newspaper-0924-1917-duke-kahanamoku.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/oregonian-newspaper-0924-1917-duke-kahanamoku.png\" alt=\"article about Hawaiian surfer Duke Kahanamoku, Oregonian newspaper article 24 September 1917\" width=\"283\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/oregonian-newspaper-0924-1917-duke-kahanamoku.png 283w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/oregonian-newspaper-0924-1917-duke-kahanamoku-135x300.png 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), 24 September 1917, page 10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Discover more about Kahanamoku\u2019s life and amazing success in professional surfing in the historical archives now: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/all?lname=Kahanamoku&amp;fname=Duke\">https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/explore\/all?lname=Kahanamoku&amp;fname=Duke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GenealogyBank is your source for more than 300 years of America\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>[bottom_post_ad]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s Google Doodle honors famed five-time Olympic medalist, Hawaiian athlete and swimmer, Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968), who was born 24 August 1890 in Hawaii. He was known as the \u201cFather of Surfing.\u201d Here is a 1965 interview with him by Bruce Brown at the start of the first annual Duke Kahanamoku invitational surfing competition. 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