Beach
Playa Waikiki
Playa Waikiki, Miraflores
Rocky cove where an imported Hawaiian surfboard sparked South America's first organized surf club.
This guide to Playa Waikiki in Lima follows Carlos Dogny, a young Peruvian sportsman who sailed to 1930s Hawaii, met surfing pioneer Duke Kahanamoku, and carried a heavy wooden board home to Miraflores's rocky coast. It traces how he and his wealthy friends rode the swells in tennis shoes, and how a 1940 earthquake pushed them to found South America's first surf club right on this shoreline.
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