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Duke Kahanamoku and The Beachboys at Waikiki

Hawaiian surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku and the Waikiki "Beachboys" at the Outrigger Canoe Club, Waikiki, Hawaii, 1963. From the cover to Duke Kahanamoku Presents: A Beachboy Party, now reissued on CD by Taboo Records.

Front, left to right: Splash Lyons, Fat (Abraham Kala), Panama. Back, left to right: Squeeze Kamana, Ox, Hawaiian sportswear king Waltah Clarke, Kalakaua, Jimmy Hakuole, Harry Robello, Duke Kahanamoku, Chick Daniels.

Mahalo to Taboo's Fluid Floyd for sourcing this photo for me -- I've been wondering for years!

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Photo purchased from Oceanic Arts in Los Angeles, 1996
Added October 24, 1999