Hui Nalu Club

Beachfront surfing, canoeing, and watersports club in Waikiki, Hawaii; informally started in 1905 but not chartered until 1911; composed primarily of surfers of full or partial Hawaiian blood. Hui Nalu ("Club of the Waves") was a longtime rival to the 1908-formed Outrigger Canoe Club, the world's oldest surfing organization. The Outrigger was a social club as well as an athletic club; membership was almost entirely foreign-born haole, or white, and the ranks contained an ever-growing number o...