Kukea, Ethel
Graceful regularfoot surfer and paddler from Honolulu, Hawaii; winner of the Makaha International Surfing Championships in 1955 and 1956. Ethel Harrison was born (1914) in Garden Grove, California, raised in Santa Ana Canyon, and began surfing in the 1930s at Corona del Mar with her older brother and California surfing pioneer Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison. "Daddy was the rebellious one, and always run...
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Ethel Kukea and brother Whitey Harrison, 1935Subscribe to view
Ethel Kukea, Waikiki. Photo: Clarence MakiSubscribe to view
Ethel Kukea, left, Makaha, 1959. Photo: Greg NollSubscribe to view
Ethel Kukea (left) with Betty Heldreich and Jane Kaopuiki, Makaha, 1955Subscribe to view
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Ethel Kukea (far right), 1958 Makaha InternationalSubscribe to view
Ethel Kukea and brother Whitey Harrison, 1935
Ethel Kukea, Waikiki. Photo: Clarence Maki
Ethel Kukea, left, Makaha, 1959. Photo: Greg Noll
Ethel Kukea (left) with Betty Heldreich and Jane Kaopuiki, Makaha, 1955
Ethel Kukea
Ethel Kukea (far right), 1958 Makaha International