Ka Papa Heʻe Nalu
Ka Papa
Kālai ʻia i ka Makahiki Kenekulia he iwakālua
No Duke Kahanamoku
Ua hiki nō ke ʻōlelo wale aku, he kanaka kaulana ʻo Duke Kahanamoku i ia hana he heʻe nalu i loko o ke au heʻenalu. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Duke Kahanamoku i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu kanaiwa ma Haleakalā, ka home hoʻi o ke kamāliʻi wahine ʻo Bernice Pauahi Bishop ma Waikīkī. Ma ia kahakai nō i kokoke aku i Kaimana Hila i hānai ʻia ai ʻo Duke Kahanamoku e kona ʻohana a lilo ʻo ia i kanaka ʻau kai kaulana loa. I kona lilo ʻana i kanaka kaulana ma ka heʻe nalu ʻana, he kanaka ʻolumepika, he kanaka kaulana ma ka hoʻokohukohu ʻana, eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i kaulana ma o ka heʻenalu wale ʻana nō akā, ua kaulana pū ʻo ia ma muli o kona nohona kahakai kekahi.
I nā makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa haneli, i ko Duke Kahanamoku wā ʻōpio, ua ʻaneʻane pau ka hoihoi heʻe nalu ma Hawaiʻi nei. I nā makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu haneli, ua pāpā ʻia ka hana leʻaleʻa a nā Hawaiʻi e ka poʻe mikionali, wahi a lākou he hōʻailona haumia a moloā nō ia. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻomau nō kekahi mau poʻe i ka heʻe nalu ʻana ma o ka hoʻopae nalu ʻana.
ʻO ka papa heʻe nalu a Duke i heʻenalu ai, ʻokoʻa loa kona papa heʻe nalu ʻokoʻa nā papa heʻe nalu māmā o kēia au. I kēlā wā iā Duke, he mau papa heʻe nalu papa wale nō, ʻaʻohe hoe o hope ma lalo o ka papa heʻenalu. ʻO kekahi mau papa heʻe nalu, aia nō ma kahi o ʻumikumamāhā kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a hoʻokahi haneli paona kona kaumaha.
He kanahikukumamālima paona ke kaumaha o kēia papa, he papa heʻe nalu nō ia i makana ʻia iā Duke mai kekahi kanaka kālai papa heʻe nalu, a he loea heʻe nalu kekahi nona ka inoa ʻo Tom Blake.
ʻAʻole nō ʻo Duke ke kanaka Hawaiʻi mua loa i hōʻike aku i ka heʻe nalu ʻana ma Kaleponi. Ua hoʻokaulana ʻē ʻia e ʻekolu mai aliʻi ʻōpio, ka poʻe nā lākou i hōʻike i ka hana loea o ka heʻe nalu i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāwalu kanawalukumamālima ma kahi o Santa Cruz. ʻO Duke, ua hōʻike aku ʻo ia i ka ka heʻe nalu ʻana i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwaʻumikumamālua ma Corona del Mar a me Santa Monica, ma laila nō i komo ai ka hoihoi heʻe nalu i loko o nā poʻe o laila. Ma hope mai o ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa ʻumikumamālima, na Duke nō i hōʻike i ka heʻe nalu ʻana ma Australia, ma o ka heʻe nalu ʻana i kekahi papa heʻe nalu i kālai ʻia mai kekahi kumu lāʻau paina o ia wahi.
ʻO ko Duke kūlana, ʻaʻole no ka heʻenalu wale nō. I ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa ʻumikumamākahi, ua hoʻopūʻiwa ʻo Duke i ka poʻe ʻau kaulana o ka honua nei i kona ʻike heihei ʻau i loko o hoʻokahi haneli ʻīā me ʻelima mau kekona i kona haʻihaʻi kūhoʻe. I ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa ʻumikumamālua, ʻo ia pū kekahi i loko o ia ʻāuna hui heihei ʻau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hoʻi i Hawaiʻi nei me kekahi mau mekala gula a me ka mekala wai kālā i loaʻa iā ia mai ka hoʻokūkū heihei ʻau ma Stockholm, a he mea kāhāhā loa ia hana i loko o ka heihei ʻau i kona haʻihaʻi kūhoʻe. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia nō hoʻi ma ka nūpepa ʻo Nū Ioka Manawa, no Duke ka lanakila o ke kūhoʻe i loaʻa iā ia ma lalo o ka hapa mile wale nō ka ʻau ʻana.
Ma kekahi hoʻokūkū heihei ʻau a Duke i ka ʻolumepika ma Palisa i ka makahiki i komo ai i loko o ia hoʻokūkū i loaʻa ai iā ia ka mekala wai kālā iā ia i ka makahiki ʻumikumamāiwa iwakāluakumamāhā, ua lawe pū ʻo ia i kona papa heʻenalu me ia ma ia huakaʻi ʻana kekahi.