Get to know the father of modern surfing in this fascinating,
nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series of biographies
about people "you should meet."
Meet Duke Kahanamoku, three-time Olympic gold medalist and the father of
modern surfing. Duke gained international fame for participating in four
Olympics and won five medals in total. Fans began calling Duke "the
human fish." Wherever he went, Duke would demonstrate his surfing skills
and in 1915, Duke introduced board surfing to Australia. Ten years
later, he found another use for a surfboard--as a lifesaving
device--using it to save eight people from a capsized boat in
California!
A special section at the back of the book includes extras like how to
speak Hawaiian and a brief history of Hawaii and its culture. With the
You Should Meet series, learning about historical figures has never been
so fascinating!