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- ↑ John Clark ’64 (2006). "Mark Cunningham '74: One of the World's Best". Punahou School Alumni Profile.
Punahou has a wonderful surfing history, and many of its students and teachers are legends… a real who's who of the sport: former faculty members Peter Cole, Ricky Grigg and Fred Van Dyke; alumni Fred Hemmings '65, Gerry Lopez '66, Jeff Hakman '67 and Don King '78, to name a few.
[ permanent dead link ] - ↑ Baker, Candice (March 25, 2009). "Surfers' Hall of Fame names its 2009 inductees". Huntington Beach Independent. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
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