The Rescue

• While living in Newport Beach, California on June 14, 1925, he rescued eight men from a capsized fishing vessel

• It capsized because of heavy surf, and they were trying to enter the city's harbor

• 29 fishermen when into the water and 17 passed away

• Using his surfboard he was able to make quick trips to save the fishermen

• Newports police chief called dukes efforts "the most superhuman surfboard reduce act the world has ever seen 

Modern Surfboard rescue