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Montgomery Ernest Thomas Kaluhiokalani (March 30, 1958 – November 2, 2013) was a surfer from Hawaii, known as Buttons. [2] He was an innovator of modern surfing maneuvers and was known for his switch foot surfing and for performing the first backside 360 in a major surf film.
The Hawaii man was taken to a hospital, where he later died, authorities say.
A surfer in Hawaii died at the hospital after a shark attack Saturday. According to Maui County authorities, they received a report at around 11 a.m. local time Saturday about “a miscellaneous ...
A surfer who was killed in a suspected shark attack in Hawaii has been named by authorities, as his friends and family paid tributes. Jason Carter, 39, died Saturday after what police called a ...
Edward Ryan Makuahanai Aikau (May 4, 1946 – March 17, 1978) was a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer.As the first lifeguard at Waimea Bay on the island of Oahu, he saved over 500 people and became famous for surfing the big Hawaiian surf, winning several awards including the 1977 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship.
A surfer in Hawaii has died after being injured in a shark encounter off Maui's northern shore, according to the Maui Police Department. Authorities stopped short of calling the event an attack ...
Laird was born Laird John Zerfas in San Francisco on March 2, 1964, in an experimental salt-water sphere at UCSF Medical Center designed to ease the mother's labor. [3] His biological father, L. G. Zerfas, immigrated from Greece to California and left the family before his first birthday. [4]
The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets. His right leg was “completely severed just below the knee,” Maui County said in a news release.