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Fred Hemmings
In 1958 Fred
Hemmings came third in the juniors at the Makaha
International Surfing Championships, he won the junior
event in 1961 and
1963 and the seniors in
the following year.
His prodigious contest record includes wins at the 1964 Peruvian International, the 1966 Makaha International, and the 1968 World Championships in Puerto Rico.
He also competed in the Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race, crewing in Championship Teams in 1967, 1968, 1975, and the Masters in 1984.
As founder, with Randy Rarick, of the International Surfing Professional Contest circuit (IPS, 1976-1983) he ushered in a new era of competition, eclipsing the under the direction of Fred
Hemmings was a strong advocate for women in professional surfing. In 1975 Hemmings founded the World Cup of Surfing championships with events for both men and women
.Hemmings and , . cultural and community sevice, public service, political office
Also see:
Fred Hemmings - Wikipedia
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Fred Hemmings Keynote Speaker
His prodigious contest record includes wins at the 1964 Peruvian International, the 1966 Makaha International, and the 1968 World Championships in Puerto Rico.
He also competed in the Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race, crewing in Championship Teams in 1967, 1968, 1975, and the Masters in 1984.
As founder, with Randy Rarick, of the International Surfing Professional Contest circuit (IPS, 1976-1983) he ushered in a new era of competition, eclipsing the under the direction of Fred
Hemmings was a strong advocate for women in professional surfing. In 1975 Hemmings founded the World Cup of Surfing championships with events for both men and women
.Hemmings and , . cultural and community sevice, public service, political office
Also see:
Fred Hemmings - Wikipedia
Fred Hemmings Keynote Speaker
| Realising early that he had
neither the talent or temperament to shape
surfboards, over the years in small-medium
surf conditions Fred Hemmings rode custom
boards from a number of experienced shapers. However, for serious waves he relied on Dick Brewer to supply high-quality guns from his Surfboards Hawaii factory. 1964 Makaha International Surfing Championships. In 1964 Fred Hemmings was gifted one of Brewer's personal boards which he road to victory in that year's Makaha International Surfing Championships, after being photographed by Dr Don James on the morning of the contest. Fred
recalls that after the officials called for the
contest area to be vacated, several times, he was
the only one left on the break.
As Dr.
Don James was paddling out with his camera to get in
position for the first heat, Fred moved across to
the bowl and took off on his Dick Brewer gun, rode
all the way to the beach, and the officials started
the contest.
He went on to win the final, his third Makaha victory after winning the junior event in 1961 and 1963. Fred Hemmings riding huge
Makaha Point surf, circa 1964.
Photo: Dr Don James. Margan-Finney,
page 228, autographed
Duke's Day, Freshwater Beach, 1st February,
2015.
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Fred Hemmings rides a sold 12ft wave
in the final of the 1964 Makaha International
Surfing Championships.
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Driving hard off the Makaha point, Fred faced a steepening wall as he approached the bowl. Fred powered he way through to the green and victory.
Surfer,
March 1965, Volume 6 Number 1,
pages 68-69.
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1965 World Contest, Peru. Semi-final, Punta Rocas, 20-21 February. Robert August, Joey Cabell and Fred Hemmings (5th) going right. Ken Adler and Hector Verlarde going left. Competitors at the Waikiki Surf
Club, Lima,
Fred Hemmings at right. |
 Photo: Fred Hemmings Collection.
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 1965 World Contest Semi-finalists: Fred Hemmings and Big Red, Paul Strauch, Micky Munoz, Buffalo Keaulana, Joey, Cabell, Felipe Pomar, George Downing, Midget Farrelly.  |
On the way from Lima to Punta Rocas , Fred's board is somewhere in the back of the truck.  Photographs by John Severson Surfer,Volume 6 Number 2, March 1965. Colour image courtesy of Fred Hemmings. Big
Red, at 11ft, was Fred's big wave
gun.
Shaped by Dick Brewer it was based of a concave tailed gun he had shaped for Buzzy Trent. Fred Hemmings riding Big Red, Waimea Bay, 1965. Fred Hemmings Collection. |
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1965 Duke Contest,
Sunset Beach.
Duke Kahanamoku with 1965 Duke Contest Invitees. Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 1965. Left to right: Felipe Pomar,
George Downing, Mike Doyle, and Fred Hemmings,
Jr.
The
contest was won by Jeff Hakman.
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Duke
Kahahamoku Surf Team 1965:
Paul Strauch, Joey Cabell, Fred Hemmings and  These Tennies
Are Too Much!
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 Surfer Volume 7 Number 1, March1966. |
The Duke
Kahanamoku surfboards were less than a premium product, for
this shot Fred recalls that he had his current shaper add
the Duke decal to his board.
