The Second Duke Contest

Another photo from the same contest as below. Jock Sutherland and Miki Dora. We originally thought these were from the first Duke contest but the photographer, Tim McCullough straightened us out. We need that every so often.

The second Duke contest, 1967. Among those pictured are Fred Hemmings, Clyde Aikau, Miki Dora, Paul Strauch, Eddie Aikau, Doug Hauet, Rick Grigg, Mike Doyle, Corky Carroll, Greg Noll, and Mike Hynson, at Val Valentine's house. Photos: Tim McCullough

The Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championship was named in honor of the "Father of Modern Surfing", Duke Paoa Kahanamoku. The contest began in 1965 by invitation only, at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oʻahu and was the first surfing event to be broadcast on a regular basis by ABC's Wide World of Sports.

The winners were:
1965 Jeff Hakman
1966 Ricky Grigg
1967 Jock Sutherland
1968 Mike Doyle
1969 Joey Cabell
1970 Jeff Hakman
1971 Jeff Hakman
1972 James Jones
1973 Clyde Aikau
1974 Larry Bertleman
1975 Ian Cairns
1976 James Jones
1977 Eddie Aikau
1978 Michael Ho
1979 Mark Richards
1980 Mark Warren
1981 Michael Ho
1982 Ken Bradshaw
1983 Dane Kealoha
1984 Derek Ho