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Derek Ho (September 26, 1964 – July 17, 2020) was a Hawaiian Chinese surfer who won the world surfing championship in 1993. Ho was born in Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii. He began surfing at the age of three, and won the world title at age 29, making him the first Native Hawaiian world champion.
Jul 20, 2020 · Jul 20, 2020. After reportedly suffering a heart attack on Friday afternoon, North Shore icon Derek Ho passed away at 55 years old. Ho was Hawaii’s first world champion, a 4-time Triple Crown champ, and a 2-time Pipeline Master. Surfing achievements don’t come any more prestigious than that.
Jul 20, 2020 · Hawaiian surfing legend Derek Ho passes away at 55. July 20, 2020 | Surfing. The first-ever Hawaiian world surfing champion suffered a heart stroke, slipped into a coma, and passed away at 55. Derek Ho was born on September 26, 1964, in Kailua, Hawaii. He rode his first wave at the age of three.
Jul 19, 2020 · Derek Ho, the first Hawaiian man to win professional surfing's world championship, has died at 55, authorities said. The cause of death was not disclosed by the Honolulu medical examiner's...
Jul 19, 2020 · Posted19 Jul 2020. More on: Hawaii. Sport. Surfing. Hawaiian surfing great Derek Ho — known for for his prowess in surfing the famous Pipeline break off the island of Oahu — dies after suffering a heart attack.
Jul 25, 2020 · 34 years after winning his first Pipeline Masters title with a show-stopping ride that was called "the tube of the decade", 55-year-old Derek Ho still commanded pole position in the most fiercely contested lineup on earth, was still capable of scratching into a ‘wave of the day' and drawing a pure line though the sport's most hallowed hollow, st...
Jul 18, 2020 · Derek Ho, the 1993 World Champion, has passed away on Friday afternoon, July 17, after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week. He was 55 years old. As news broke of the loss of the much respected Ho around the surfing world the outpouring of love and grief has come from all corners of the globe.
