Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku
Univ of Nebraska Pr David Davis (著) 2015年
Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku
Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of &;surf-riding,&; an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. Standing proudly on his traditional wooden longboard, he spread surfing from Australia to the Hollywood crowd in California to New Jersey. No American athlete has influenced two sports as profoundly as Kahanamoku did, and yet he remains an enigmatic and underappreciated figure: a dark-skinned Pacific Islander who encountered and overcame racism and ignorance long before the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson.