Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku

Out of the water, I am nothing.

Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.

Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku

I have never seen snow and do not know what winter means.

Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku

Don't talk - keep it in your heart.

Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku

Every day of the year where the water is 76, day and night, and the waves roll high, I take my sled, without runners, and coast down the face of the big waves that roll in at Waikiki.

Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku

I have never coasted down a hill of frozen rain.