Napoleon, Anona Naone
Durable surfer and canoe-paddler from Honolulu, Hawaii; winner of the 1961 Makaha International Surfing Championships, and a member of the first female team to paddle Kaiwi Channel, the treacherous 41-mile open-ocean channel between Molokai and Oahu. Anona Naone was born (1941) and raised in Honolulu, and began surfing at age 11, with her brothers, at Queens Beach in Waikiki. In 1959, 17-year-o...
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Anona Napoleon, Makaha. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
Anona Napoleon. Photo: Clarence MakiSubscribe to view
Anona Napoleon (right) and Linda Benson, 1959 Makaha InternationalSubscribe to view
Anona Napoleon and teammates, mid-1970s. Photo: Luana FroisethSubscribe to view
Anona Napoleon (right) and kayak partner Karen Knudson, 1960Subscribe to view
Anona and Joseph Napaleon, 1965Subscribe to view
Anona Napoleon, Makaha. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
Anona Napoleon. Photo: Clarence Maki
Anona Napoleon (right) and Linda Benson, 1959 Makaha International
Anona Napoleon and teammates, mid-1970s. Photo: Luana Froiseth
Anona Napoleon (right) and kayak partner Karen Knudson, 1960
Anona and Joseph Napaleon, 1965