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Duke Kahanamoku statue

Huntington Beach, California, United States
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A life-size bronze statue of Hawaiian swimmer and surfer Duke Kahanamoku stands at the end of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, California, among the Surfers' Hall of Fame stones. A city library page credits sculptor Edmond Shumpert and dates it to 2001.
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Duke Kahanamoku statue
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Duke Kahanamoku, the Hawaiian swimmer and surfer, is honoured by a bronze statue in Huntington Beach. A large bronze statue of him stands at the end of Main Street at Pacific Coast Highway, close to the pier.
According to the Huntington Beach Public Library, the life-size bronze was commissioned and created by Edmond Shumpert in 2001. A Visit Huntington Beach art-tour listing names the artist as Edmund Schumpert and gives the year as unknown, estimated in the 1990s, so the date is not settled. The Epoch Times reported in 2023 that the city council in 2002 approved extending the Surfers' Hall of Fame imprints onto nearby sidewalks encircling the statue. The library describes it as a very popular photo spot surrounded by Hall of Fame tributes.
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A bronze statue of Duke Kahanamoku with his board stands at Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway, near the pier, ringed by Surfers' Hall of Fame stones. The library calls it a popular photo spot.
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At the end of Main Street at Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, across from the pier and the restaurant named for Duke.
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