A biography for Duke Kahanamokuhasn’t been written yet.
“I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.”
“Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.”
“Out of the water, I am nothing.”
“Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.”
“Don't talk - keep it in your heart.”
“I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.”