Essays Tagged: "Duke Kahanamoku"
Should Surfing Be An Olympic Sport ?
mming surfers could show their true abilities if they could also win medals in surfing.For example, Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, the "king" of surfing, went to the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden with the ... 00-yard freestyle, winning the gold medal. When it was time for the 1920 games at Antwerp, Belgium, Duke was 30 and too old to try out for the American team. But he whipped himself back into shape and ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports