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Hemmings currently serves as Hawai'i State Senate Minority Leader and he has been a successful businessman, television commentator, author and creator of the world famous Triple Crown of Surfing. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities of surfing and water sports. |
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Historical Timeline: 1965, Black nationalist leader Malcolm X shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City. |
Fred
Hemmings is a graduate of Punahou School. In January
1965, he became the youngest person to win the Makaha
Senior Men’s International Surfing Championship. In
1968, he was crowned the World Surfing Champion in
Rincon, Puerto Rico. Hemmings was inducted into the
International Surfing Hall of Fame in 1991.