1965 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship

Documentary - For the first time in surfing history the world's best surfers were brought together in one group to compete in the world's greatest surf at Sunset Beach, Hawaii.
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The first annual Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship was a one day event held December 15th, 1965 at Sunset Beach in perfect 10 - 12 foot surf. 24 of the worlds best surfers were invited to compete. The television film coverage was directed by Larry Lindberg and the production crew was headed up by Bruce Brown and included cameramen: Greg MacGillvray, Jim Freeman, Spyder Wills, Greg Weaver and Val Valentine. Interviews included: Miki Dora, Jeff Hakman, Felipe Pomar, and the Duke.
Invited surfers:
Jeff Hakman, Mike Doyle, Paul Strauch, Fred Hemmings, Peter Cole, Mickey Munoz, Richard Chew,
John Peck, Skip Frye, Kealoha Kaio, Miki Dora, Felipe Pomar, Mike Hynson, Robert August, Rusty Miller, Butch Van Artsdalen, Corky Carroll, Greg Noll, Dewey Weber, Bobby Cloutier, Jackie Eberle, Kimo Hollinger, George Downing, Joey Cabell
Event crew and judges:
Fred Van Dyke, Randy Rarrick, Wally Froiseth, Phil Edwards, Kimo Hollinger, Kimo McVay,
Buzzy Trent, Walter Hoffman, George Downing

[@ALOHAOE-yf9or]

Love surf history.🌅🌊🤙🏽

[@Rogue_wave]

This is so cool, thanks for uploading! 2:20 is a really great shot, even by todays standards with all our modern cameras. Really gives you a sense of that sickening, heart in your throat feeling of taking off on a big wave.

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[@DougCreager]

Jeff hakman was so young!

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Keep LIVIN' da DREAM!
If only for a day or a moment on a wave!!

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Muchas gracias por todo

[@wasabiginger6993]

😂 … “that synical prick” …. “couldn’t find anything bad to say about it” … right on!

[@luism.bogaert3585]

Great video!

[@hunterdavis3003]

Lol the miki statement was perfect

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[@kpslinger6030]

Warshaw's was better!

[@moleca6720]

That interview w/ Dora is just hilarious, Bruce is laughing so hard inside he can barely keep it together for the cameras

[@TheLectureRoom]

Dora may had been a cynical prick, but time has shown that he had been right about a few issues-if you know what mean…

[@DakkaSkintabII]

Let's cool it with the name-calling, Mr. Fairy-Britches.

[@kristofthibaud8491]

did Duke fight in the world war?

[@timhalley6987]

What?! Duke was over 50 years old when we got into WWII. I don't think they were drafting grandpas.

[@jobhiojkp]

I can't figure out why people today insist upon spelling Dora's name as "Miki," when Dora himself signed his name as "Mickey Dora" (right there next to Greg Noll's signature) on the Da Cat model surfboard. Did he not know how his own name was spelled?

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He changed it up. I have faxes he sent me signed "Miki"

[@birdssurfshed]

Thanks for keeping it REAL Ira!

[@mohaae6053]

I just saw Wally Froiseth

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A self-taught swimmer, Kahanamoku said he learned the crawl stroke by watching the islanders.

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Duke Kahanamoku (1890-1968) of Hawaii went to San Francisco in 1913, and using a crawl stroke with a six-beat flutter kick, lowered the 100-yard record to 54.6 seconds.