McVay, Kimo Wilder
High-octane promoter and entrepreneur from Honolulu, Hawaii; manager of Olympic swim champion and surfing legend Duke Kahanamoku from 1961 until Kahanamoku's death in 1968; founder of the Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Surfing Championships. Australian surf journalist Phil Jarratt wrote that McVay, a disc jockey in the late '50s, was, "in the nicest possible way, a hustler." McVay's great-great- gr...
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Kimo McVay (lower left) and the Duke Kahanamoku Surf Club team, 1966Subscribe to view
Kimo McVay, 1966. Photo: Roy BlaumSubscribe to view
Program for 1965 Duke Invitational, founded by Kimo McVaySubscribe to view
Eddie Aikau, 1967 Duke Invitational. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
(L to R) Kimo McVay, Marge Calhoun, Hevs McClelland, 1967Subscribe to view
Kimo McVay client Don Ho, "Suck 'Em Up" LP (1969)Subscribe to view
Kimo McVay (lower left) and the Duke Kahanamoku Surf Club team, 1966
Kimo McVay, 1966. Photo: Roy Blaum
Program for 1965 Duke Invitational, founded by Kimo McVay
Eddie Aikau, 1967 Duke Invitational. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
(L to R) Kimo McVay, Marge Calhoun, Hevs McClelland, 1967
Kimo McVay client Don Ho, "Suck 'Em Up" LP (1969)