Editing Duke Kahanamoku (section)

=== Post-Olympic career ===

Between Olympic competitions, and after retiring from the Olympics, Kahanamoku traveled internationally to give swimming exhibitions. It was during this period that he popularized the sport of surfing, previously known only in Hawaii, by incorporating surfing exhibitions into his touring exhibitions as well. He attracted people to surfing in mainland America first in 1912 while in [[Southern California]]. He trained and loaned equipment to new surfers, such as [[Dorothy Becker]].

His surfing exhibition at [[Sydney, Australia]]'s [[Freshwater Beach]] on December 24, 1914, is widely regarded as a seminal event in the development of surfing in Australia.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Osmond, Gary. |year=2010 |title='Honolulu Māori': Racial Dimensions of Duke Kahanamoku's Tour of Australia and New Zealand |journal=New Zealand Journal of History |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=22–34}}</ref> The board that Kahanamoku built from a piece of pine from a local hardware store is retained by the [[Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club]]. A statue of Kahanamoku was erected in his honor on the Northern headland of Freshwater Lake, [[New South Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/foreigners/display/21512-duke-kahanamoku|title=Duke Kahanamoku {{!}} Monument Australia|last=Design|first=UBC Web|website=monumentaustralia.org.au|language=en|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-date=October 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003174803/http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/foreigners/display/21512-duke-kahanamoku|url-status=live}}</ref>

During his time living in Southern California, Kahanamoku performed in Hollywood as a background actor and a character actor in several films. He made connections in this way with people who could further publicize the sport of surfing. Kahanamoku was involved with the [[Los Angeles Athletic Club]], acting as a lifeguard and competing in both swimming and water polo teams.

While living in [[Newport Beach, California]], on June 14, 1925, Kahanamoku rescued eight men from a fishing vessel that capsized in heavy surf while it was attempting to enter the city's harbor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kahanamoku Helps Save 13 in Launch. Hawaiian Swimmer and Others Go to Their Rescue With Surf Boards. Five Are Drowned |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/16/archives/kahanamoku-helps-save-13-in-launch-hawaiian-swimmer-and-others-go.html |quote=... swimming star, Duke Kahanamoku and his fellow surf-board experts, where the ... of the beach here, credited with saving the lives of thirteen persons. ... |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 16, 1925 |access-date=November 2, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722213907/https://www.nytimes.com/1925/06/16/archives/kahanamoku-helps-save-13-in-launch-hawaiian-swimmer-and-others-go.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Using his surfboard, Kahanamoku made repeated trips from shore to the capsized ship, and helped rescue several people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiianswimboat.com/duke6.html |title=Biography: Corona Del Mar Save |access-date=November 21, 2008 |author=Gault-Williams, Malcolm |work=Legendary Surfers |publisher=Hawaiianswimboat.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207184520/http://www.hawaiianswimboat.com/duke6.html |archive-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref> Two other surfers saved four more fishermen, while five succumbed to the seas before they could be rescued. At the time the Newport Beach police chief called Kahanamoku's efforts "The most superhuman surfboard rescue act the world has ever seen." The widespread publicity surrounding the rescue influenced lifeguards across the US to begin the use of surfboards as standard equipment for water rescues.<ref name="Men's Journal"/>

Kahanamoku was the first person to be inducted into both the [[Swimming Hall of Fame]] and the [[Surfing Hall of Fame]]. The [[Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship]]s in Hawaii, the first major professional surfing contest event ever held in the huge surf on the North Shore of Oahu, was named in his honor. He is a member of the [[United States Olympic Hall of Fame|U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame]].

Later Kahanamoku was elected to serve as the Sheriff of [[Honolulu, Hawaii]] from 1932 to 1961, completing 13 consecutive terms. During World War II, he served as a [[military police]] officer for the United States; Hawai'i was not yet a state and was administered.

In the postwar period, Kahanamoku appeared in a number of television programs and films, including ''[[Mister Roberts (1955 film)|Mister Roberts]]'' (1955). He was well-liked throughout the Hollywood community.

Kahanamoku became a friend and surfing companion of heiress [[Doris Duke]]. She built a home (now a museum) on [[Oahu]] named [[Shangri La (Doris Duke)|Shangri-la]]. Kahanamoku gave private surfing lessons to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.]] and [[John Aspinwall Roosevelt]], the children of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=51-115-231 (2) {{!}} Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum |url=http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=4090 |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=FDR Library |language=en |archive-date=September 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929171146/http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/collections/franklin/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=4090 |url-status=live }}</ref>