Word: surfboard
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Tourists, but not native Hawaiians, are impressed by the name of Duke Kahanamoku. The onetime (1912, 1920) Olympic swimming champion, surfboard rider, swimming instructor and Waikiki Beach figure was simply christened "Duke," is no member of the islands' decayed nobility. But as a result of last fortnight's election, Duke Kahanamoku became peace officer of an area far larger than any dukedom. Democratic votes put the brown-skinned native in as Sheriff of Honolulu County, "world's largest," extending from Oahu Island 1,300 mi. northwest to Midway Island. Vehemently anti-New Deal because of resentment over...
Chief blame for race troubles in Hawaii was placed by Admiral William Veazie Pratt on the "beach boys"?half-castes hired to instruct tourists in swimming and surfboard riding. These brown bucks, it was explained, do not understand the easy familiarity between the sexes sanctioned in the Occident. They mistake a white woman's smiling friendliness for an invitation to license. According to Admiral Pratt, the laxity with respect to sex crimes in Hawaii is due "just to the nature of things...
Rushing on like a surfboard rider upon the flood of his discourse, M. Briand spoke for 90 minutes before reaching his grand climax...
...blue of an Aegean wave is Constance Talmadge, but a distracted flippant Venus left over from a past, an extravagantly rococo period of the cinema. Action of this silent picture hinges on a report, visibly confirmed, that Miss Talmadge has entertained a yachting party by riding nude on a surfboard off the island of Cyprus. When the captain of the yacht accidentally kills instead of merely reproving a nasty fellow who made remarks about her, Miss Talmadge discharges him. Later, finding out why he did it, she demonstrates effectively how sorry she feels about her mistake. The direction and acting...