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Surf Culture

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Pat O'Connell
Patrick O'Connell (born 1971) is a retired professional surfer who competed in the top ranks of the Association of Surfing Professionals (now called The World Surf League) before retiring and working...
Derek Ho (1964 - 2020)
Derek Ho, first Hawaiian male world surfing champ, dead at 55 He belonged to a noted Hawaiian family that included brother Michael, also a top pro surfer, and second cousin Don, the entertainer By Den...
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211476463/robert-ho'olapa-kauha

Charles Keawehana Kauha, Sr (1894 - 1929)
Son of Kahope, taught some of the old timers how to surf and who started the custom of taking tourists on canoes. He, together with Harry Kahale Kapuli and Piikoi Okuu are the fathers of the now lucra...
Buzzy Trent (1929 - 2006)
Buzzy Trent (born "Goodwin Murray Trent Jr", May 13, 1929 – September 26, 2006) was a pioneer of big wave surfing. Born in San Diego and raised in Santa Monica, he body-surfed as a child and started su...
Montgomery "Buttons" Ernest Thomas Kaluhiokalani (1958 - 2013)

Notable Hawaiian Surfers

Charles Kauha - first surfer to ever be photographed
Derek Ho - first Hawaiian surfer to win world surf championship (Cousin to singer Don Ho)
Eddie Aikau
George Freeth - Credited for being the Father of Modern Surfing
Duke Kahanamoku - Born August 24th, 1894 in Honolulu, Duke Kahanamoku went onto become the undisputed father of modern surfing.
Buffalo Keaulana - Commanding Hawaiian surfer from Makaha, Oahu; winner of the 1960 Makaha International, and often referred to as the "Mayor of Makaha."

Alexander Hume Ford - magazine editor, playwright, photographer, unabashed campaigner and founder of Hawaii’s Outrigger Canoe Club, traveled widely in the Pacific Rim and promoted Duke Kahanamoku and George Freeth to an American audience. But he may best be remembered as the “guy who turned Jack London on to surfing.”
Jack London - Author, wrote many stories inspired by his visits to Hawaii where he learned to surf.
Kelly Slater - American professional surfer, best known for being crowned World Surf League champion a record 11 times

Tom Morey - inventor and father of the bodyboard and of bodyboarding
Dale "The Hawk" Velzy - American surfboard shaper, credited with being the world's first commercial shaper

Sandra Dee played surfer girl Gidget (girl midget) in a 1959 screenplay titled "Gidget."