–>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 [...]
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I found several more photos from the celebration of Kamehameha Day on the beach at Waikiki in 1944. [The initial entry can be found here.] This is another view of the photo published on Wednesday. Comparing with other photos, I identified the large man on the right as Gene “Tarzan” Smith, a colorful figure in [...]
