This digitally redone movie is just outstanding. Somne of the scenes of Honolulu 65 years ago look like they could have been taken last week. Amazing! Notice the ubiquitous trolley tracks, the Advertiser Building, what appear to be single family homes on Kalakaua Avenue across from the Moana Hotel, etc. VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August [...]
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–>View the photos and news clippings about Gene “Tarzan” Smith In 1940, Gene “Tarzan” Smith paddled a surfboard from Oahu to the island of Kauai. The event was sponsored by the Hawaii Surfing Association which had been formed just a year earlier. When the Waikiki Surf Club was formed in 1947, Smith became its first [...]
Tags: Gene "Tarzan" Smith·Hawaii Surfing Association·John M. Lind·Waikiki Surf Club
