Barak Obama and his daughters on Hawaii's Kailua beach last year.
Surfing kings
For most people, however, Hawaii has and always will be the surfers' island. Like the aula, the ancident Polynesian sport of surfing was banned on Hawaii by Christian missionaries, only to return to prominence thanks to Duke kahanamoku, a hawaiian swimmer who won gold at the 1992 Olympics. Today, his flower-covered statue dominates Waikiki beach, where surfers come from all over the world to test their skills against the legendary waves. And when night falls, the fires are lit on the beach as the surfer dudes and their followers improvise their own version of another Hawaiian tradition that has become big business - the lulau, or party.
Surfing kings
For most people, however, Hawaii has and always will be the surfers' island. Like the aula, the ancident Polynesian sport of surfing was banned on Hawaii by Christian missionaries, only to return to prominence thanks to Duke kahanamoku, a hawaiian swimmer who won gold at the 1992 Olympics. Today, his flower-covered statue dominates Waikiki beach, where surfers come from all over the world to test their skills against the legendary waves. And when night falls, the fires are lit on the beach as the surfer dudes and their followers improvise their own version of another Hawaiian tradition that has become big business - the lulau, or party.
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