ODKF Also Supports
ODKF Also Supports
August 24 through August 28
Duke's OceanFest was established as a benefit for the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation. The Mission of the foundation is to financially support the development of individuals and organizations who perpetuate the spirit and legacy of Duke Kahanamoku.
Duke's OceanFest is held each summer in Waikiki in honor of Hawaiian Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, who is fondly remembered today as an exemplary human being and the greatest waterman who ever lived. Among his many accomplishments, Kahanamoku was an Olympic gold medal swimmer; a surfer; an esteemed canoe steersman; a Hollywood actor; and the Sheriff of Honolulu. A powerful 'one-man visitor's bureau', Duke graciously welcomed waves of visitors to the Hawaiian Islands in his time and was regarded as a symbol of all that is good in Hawaii.
