The festivities were a part of the Duke Kahanamoku OceanFest and celebrated the man known as the father of modern surfing.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Duke’s Waikiki opened auditions for young ukulele players until Sept. 19, 2024 in the annual Duke’s Ukes competition at Kahala Mall on Oct. 12.

This year’s OceanFest features surfing, swimming, outrigger canoeing, paddleboard racing, and surfboard water polo, along with modern water sports like foiling and even dog surfing.

Competing since the 1960s, Blanche Yoshida is a tandem surfing pioneer. She introduced surfing champion Kalani Vierra to the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A new face on the Hawaii license plate will be announced this Friday, Aug. 15, designed by a local artist.

Duke Kahanamoku Deserves to be in World's Greatest Athlete Conversation. The pioneer in swimming and surfing has a statue on ...

After the 1932 Olympics, Duke Kahanamoku ran two Union Oil gas stations, in Nuuanu and Waikiki, with his brother, Bill. Two years later he ran for sheriff and won 13 terms. In 1961 he was ...

Nineteenth-century Hawaiian royalty used to come to the Honolulu neighborhood of Waikiki to relax and surf, just as scores of ...