The Hawaiian sport of surfing was adopted in Australia where a beach culture and the locally invented surf lifesaving movement was already burgeoning in the early 20th century.

Beginning in 1912, Duke Kahanamoku, a Hawaiian Olympic swimmer in the early 1900s, brought surfing to mainland United States and Australia.

The popular and famed Hawaiian big-wave rider Mark Foo died while surfing Maverick's with the other Hawaiian visitors and local riders.

Citizens of the Hawaiian Islands ( Foo's home ) and the surfing world mourned his death.

Duke Kahanamoku, the legendary Olympic swimmer and popularizer of the sport of surfing, frequented the Royal Hawaiian Hotel restaurants and private beachfront.

On 4 January 2012, Greg Long, Ian Walsh, Kohl Christensen, Jeff Rowley, Dave Wassel, Shane Dorian, Mark Healey, Carlos Burle, Nate Fletcher, Garrett McNamara, Kai Barger, North Shore locals and other of the best big-wave surfers in the world invaded the Hawaiian Islands for a historic day of surfing.

On 30 – 31 January 2012, Jeff Rowley and a number of international big wave surfers including Greg Long, Shaun Walsh and Albee Layer spent two days paddle-surfing Jaws, on the Hawaiian island of Maui, as part of their ongoing big-wave paddle-in program at the deep-water reef, further cementing the new frontier of paddle-in surfing at Jaws.

As the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu, he saved many lives and became famous for surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship.

During his tenure as a SportsCenter anchor, Everett has added Hawaiian surfing sayings and other state references to the show's famous repertoire of catchphrases.

Mango Carafino, a big wave tow surfing athlete and water sport instructor from the Hawaiian Island of Maui, is the leading developer of the hydrofoil board design for stand-up hydro foil boarding ( kitesurfing ) applications.

Adams went back to work for the WWF in 1992 and was given a new fan favorite character: an easygoing surfing Hawaiian, occasionally referred to as Kona Crush, who wore bright neon tights and utilized a new two-handed skull vice finisher called the Coconut Crush.

The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing is a Hawaiian specialty series of professional surfing events, offering three events to men and three events to women.

Stroud was surfing at Waikiki when he was discovered by actor Troy Donahue who was filming ABC's Hawaiian Eye and needed a stunt double for his surfing scenes.

Noll ( with Laird Hamilton and Jeff Clark ) also provides his entertaining perspective on Hawaiian big wave surfing that is indexed as a commentary track found in the Riding Giants DVD.

Falling into conversation with a friendly surfing Hawaiian native while on leave, Carsten suspected him of being a British spy and reported the encounter to his superior officers.

Hawaiian lava sledding ( Hawaiian: hee hōlua, " sled surfing ") is a traditional sport of the Native Hawaiians.

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In swimming, Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku won the 100 metre freestyle for the United States, who also saw Harry Hebner win gold in the 100 metre backstroke.

Beginning in 1945, the Bell Record Company of Honolulu responded to the demand with a series of releases by the western swing band Fiddling Sam and his Hawaiian Buckaroos ( led by fiddler Homer H. Spivey, and including Lloyd C. Moore, Tiny Barton, Al Hittle, Calvert Duke, Tolbert E. Stinnett and Raymond " Blackie " Barnes ).

* Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaiian athlete

Located on the Hawaiian island of O ' ahu, it was built on the former village of Kalia, which was the childhood home of Duke Kahanamoku.

Kekumano was involved in many civic organizations, including the American Red Cross, the Duke Kahanamoku Foundation, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, the Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu.

It may be more accurate to say that Hawaiian and colloquial Samoan do not distinguish velar and coronal stops than to say they lack one or the other.

In contemporary Hawaiian economic and regulatory practice, an " ohana unit " is a part of a house or a separate structure on the same lot that may contain a relative but which may not be rented to the general public.

Many small music industries are built around a core fanbase who may be based largely in one region, such as Tejano or Hawaiian music, or they may be widely dispersed, such as the audience for Jewish klezmer.

Altitudinal migration may even be important to birds living on relatively small islands, such as the Hawaiian Islands, which have high mountains.

Additionally, the term may not specifically derive from the Klondike gold rush as there was significant Hawaiian immigration to merit a Kanaka community and the region known as Kanaka Bar which is a Chinook jargon term.

Hawaiian may refer to:

Contemporary aloha shirts may have prints that do not feature any traditional Hawaiian quilt or floral designs and instead may have such elements as automobiles, drinks, sports team logos, or other elements arranged in the same pattern as a traditional aloha shirt.

Purists may object to variations of local cuisine such as the sushi California roll, the Hawaiian pizza, healthier lard substitutes in Mexican recipes, or cheesesteak sandwiches that are made outside of the Philadelphia traditional style.

The word is mostly used as " goodbye " or " bye " in English, but in modern Italian and in other languages it may mean " hello " or " goodbye ", similar to the word shalom in Hebrew, salam in Arabic, or aloha in Hawaiian.

Boats that fit these requirements may be as small as the 18 to 21-foot trailerable boats commonly used along the Australian coast, in New Zealand and on the lee coasts of the Hawaiian Islands where they are known as the " mosquito fleet ".

It may feature food such as poi, kalua pig, poke, lomi salmon, opihi, haupia, and beer ; and entertainment, such as Hawaiian music and hula.

The term may refer to a number of features on northern part of the Hawaiian island of

A lei ( nā lei is the plural in the Hawaiian language ) may be composed of a pattern or series of just about anything, but most commonly consists of fresh natural foliage such as flowers, leaves, vines, fern fronds, and seeds.

It is believed that in some occasions a Filipino family may have had extra green onions growing in their yard, the Portuguese some sausage, the Hawaiian a couple extra eggs, and the Korean some cabbage left over from making kimchi.

It may have originated in a dialectal variation as it is similar to the common words for shark in a number of Polynesian languages — makō in the Kāi Tahu Māori dialect, mangō in other Māori dialects, " mago " in Samoan, ma ' o in Tahitian, and mano in Hawaiian.

Hawaiian Baby Woodrose seeds may be consumed for their various ergoline alkaloids, such as ergine, which can produce psychedelic effects.

The bill provides that governing documents may, but do not have to be approved by a majority of the people on the roll, and that the form of government chosen " provide for the protection of the civil rights of the citizens of the Native Hawaiian governing entity and all persons affected by the exercise of governmental powers and authorities by the Native Hawaiian governing entity ", but does not enumerate if equal protection on the basis of race is one of those civil rights.

Section 9 Provides: " Native Hawaiians may not conduct gaming activities " and ; " the Secretary ( of the Interior of the United States ) shall not take land into trust on behalf of individuals or groups claiming to be Native Hawaiian, and ; " ( c ) Real Property Transfers-The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act ( 25 U. S. C.

In Hawaiian mythology, the fidelity ( i. e. " loyalty ") of whitetip reef sharks to certain areas of the reef for years at a time may have inspired belief in ʻaumākua, the spirits of family ancestors that take animal form and protect their descendants.

It is possibly indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands and elsewhere in the Pacific, but may have been spread by early Polynesians for its useful wood and bast fibres.