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Some years back, when my husband was still a college professor and we were still married, he asked me to go to Hawaii with him to a conference where he would have a lot of down time for exploring.
Long Beach Masters swimmer Gustavo Penilla reportedly suffered a heart attack during the annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim and died soon after on Sept. 5th.
The Legendary Wave Duke Kahanamoku Once Surfed Shutterstock
By Cody Copeland/Dec. 29, 2020 4:52 pm EDT
Surfers today revere Duke Kahanamoku as the father of modern surfing. Born in Hawaii in 1890, he helped popularize the sport in the early 20th century, after Christian missionaries had almost wiped it out for good. He took his iconic 16-foot board that weighed over 100 pounds all over the world to perform in surfing exhibitions that ended up bringing wave riding to the global mainstream. He was also a world-class swimmer, with three Olympic gold medals to prove it, and invented a totally new way for the world to swim, according to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum. These impressive skills took him to the silver screen, as well, and he starred in over 20 Hollywood films. He once rescued eight people from a sinking ship on his board. And, as