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Kahanamoku's name is also used by Duke's Canoe Club & Barefoot Bar, as of 2016 known as Duke's Waikiki, a beachfront bar and restaurant in the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach Hotel. There is a chain of restaurants named after him in California, Florida and Hawaii called Duke's.
In 1967, the Outrigger Waikiki On The Beach hotel opened, the first to carry the Outrigger name. During the 1970s, Outrigger grew into a chain of Hawaiian hotels. In 1982, the company purchased the Prince Kuhio Hotel, its first luxury property. By 1986, Outrigger became the largest hotel chain in Hawaii when its room count reached over 7,000 ...
Duke's influence made Waikīkī beach a surfing hotspot. [11] "Dukes", a club in Waikīkī named for Kahanamoku, helped Don Ho produce music and hosted the longest-running show in Waikīkī. [12] The first high-rise hotels on Waikīkī were built in 1955, including the Waikiki Biltmore and Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel.
Duke's Lagoon with Diamond Head in the background. Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Lagoon is a small, man-made wading pool in the Waikiki neighborhood of Honolulu, on the south shore of the island of Oʻahu near the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor and Fort DeRussy Military Reservation. The Hilton Hawaiian Village is adjacent to the lagoon.
Outrigger Canoe Beach Kapahulu, Honolulu: Kaimana Beach (Sans Souci Beach) Kapahulu, Honolulu: Queen's Surf Beach Park Kapahulu, Honolulu: Waikiki Beach: Waikīkī, Honolulu: Kūhiō Beach Park (Waikīkī Beach Center) Waikīkī, Honolulu: Gray's Beach Waikīkī, Honolulu: Fort DeRussy Beach Waikīkī, Honolulu: Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Lagoon ...
The Dana Outrigger Canoe Club holds an annual competition in honor of Harrison. The Whitey Harrison Classic is an outrigger race of 20 miles with competitors of ages 12 to 70. It attracts over 900 competitors who are divided into 19 divisions.
George Freeth surfing - Waikiki 1907. In 1912, Freeth organized California's first official surf club in Redondo Beach. He named it Hui Nalu, after the famous club in Waikiki, which Duke Kahanamoku, the legendary surfer and swimmer, had helped to form. Out of the fourteen founding members in Redondo, six were selected to give their first ...
The Society of Seven opened at the Main Showroom of the Outrigger Waikiki in 1969 for what was originally a four-week engagement in place of Tommy Sands. [3] There was considerable turnover in the roster in the years that followed—three members of the group, Danny Ruivivar, Terry Lucido and Gary Bautista (who joined in 1984), died, and more than 14 others came and went during the next four ...