In June 1943, a surfing and paddling competition was held in Waikiki, sponsored by the Hawaii Surfing Association, along with the Outrigger Canoe Club and the Honolulu Junior Chamber of Commerce. Martial law was still in effect and barbed wire was strung out along parts of Waikiki Beach.
A few photographs of the event, and several news clippings, turned up at the bottom of another box of my dad’s papers.
Click on this photo for more. Center, standing, is well known surfer and long-distance paddler Gene Smith.
A few other pictures from the same event were found earlier (see the top three photographs in this collection).
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I love the barbed wire behind the three beauties and the trophies .
For their protection of course.
I went to a packed bikini contest during a beach volleyball tournament many years ago at the Hilton.
It got really rowdy.
I would imagine these Women in the picture were treated with many admiring cat calls but with more social restraint than any recent event.
Middle row right hand picture the two women are with Loui Kahanamoku [maybe Sergeant] on the left and Tommy O’Brian on the right.