In 1912 Hawaiian boy Duke Paola Kahanamoku was already known as a great surfer and swimmer. By the time he was the holder of three world records in swimming at a distance of 100 meters freestyle. As a surfer, he was one of the best in Hawaii, as well as one of the founders of the Hue Nile - Hawaiian Surf Club. Duke Kahanamoku was handsome, well built, had a slim and muscular body, which gave him charisma and played an important role in its future.

In 1912 Duke Kahanamoku on the way to the Olympic Games in Stockholm, visited California, where made

In 1915 the Association of Swimming Australia (New South Wales Swimming Association) invited him to Sydney to give several master classes in swimming. Australians at that time had only a vague predstvalenie about surfing and presentation of 8 feet (about 2.6 meter) surf boards made an indelible impression on them. Duke has shown a board "in action", thus with his own blessed Australia to a great future for the title of a superpower in the world of surfing.

When in 1917 the Duke came to Hawaii, he set another record - rolled in the wake of the legendary Kalehuawehe, now known surf Spot Outside Castles. Distance, which he passed on a wave, was more than a kilometer, it was a remarkable achievement on the standards of that time.