Brunch on the Beach
honors Kahanamoku

While some are at home watching the Olympics, those at Brunch on the Beach will be honoring Hawaii's own Olympian Duke Paoa Kahanamoku from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

The monthly outdoor Hawaiian cafe on Kalakaua Avenue will feature free entertainment, plenny local grinds for purchase and a Duke Kahanamoku display booth with commemorative T-shirts and memorabilia. To coincide with the event, there will also be surf polo, waterman challenge and longboard surfing competitions at Waikiki beach.

Food booths will be set up at the Kaiulani and Liliuokalani avenue ends of Kalakaua Avenue, with some of Waikiki's finest chefs offering a large selection of breakfast treats, entrees and desserts. For $3, purchase the likes of Belgian waffles with banana butter and sugared strawberries from Tiki's Grill and Bar. For $5, sample a kalua pig sandwich from the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki, or for $6 try the Hawaii Prince Hotel's crab hash Benedict on brioche with poached egg, lobster sauce and home-fried potatoes.

STAR-BULLETIN FILE / 2002 Duke Kahanamoku won six medals in four Olympic games from 1912 to 1932. Brunch on the Beach pays tribute to the athlete Sunday. Also, at 9 a.m. Saturday, Swatch, official timekeeper of the 2004 Olympics, will unveil a sand sculpture paying tribute to the Olympian at the Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach, 2335 Kalakaua Ave. The exhibit, plus sand clinics at 10 a.m., noon, 2 and 4 p.m., is free. Olympics swimmer Matt Biondi, winner of 11 medals from 1984 to 1992, will also appear at 2 p.m.

This month, chefs will also vie for Golden Chopstick honors by featuring dishes, including desserts, made with Hawaiian taro.

While chowing down, enjoy music by the Royal Hawaiian Band at 9:30 a.m. Bandmaster Aaron David Mahi has written special lyrics to one of the band's favorite numbers as a tribute to Duke Kahanamoku. At 10:30 a.m. the Kamehameha Schools Hawaiian Ensemble, under the direction of kumu hula Kaleo Trinidad, will share traditional Hawaiian music and dance, followed by the Hawaiian trio 'Ili'ahi at 11:30 a.m. and Danny Kaleikini at 12:30 p.m.

Brunch parking will be available in garages marked by signs with a pink P and lavender lei. The cost is $3 all day at Waikiki Trade Center, and $1 per hour with a five hour maximum at Ohana Reef Towers, Ohana Maile Sky Court, Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio, Ohana Waikiki Village, Ohana East, King Kalakaua Plaza, Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center and Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio.

Transportation to Waikiki via TheBus is encouraged.

Next month's brunch, on Sept. 26, will celebrate the opening of the animated movie "Shark Tale," featuring the voices of Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renee Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Peter Falk and Ziggy Marley.

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