- Fred Hemmings
Infobox_State_Senator
name=Fred Hemmings
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state_senate=Hawaii
state=Hawaii
district=25th
term_start=2000
term_end=
preceded=
succeeded= Incumbent
date of birth= Birth date and age|1946|01|09|
place of birth=Honolulu, Hawaii
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=Lydia
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religion=Roman Catholic
party=RepublicanFred Hemmings is a Republican member of the
Hawaii Senate representing the 25th District. Elected in 2000, he has served as Senate Minority Leader since 2002. Previously he was a member of theHawaii House of Representatives from 1984 through 1990.Fred Hemmings is best known as a world class surfer and expert waterman. Beginning in the 1960’s, he won the Makaha International Surfing Championships four times, the Peruvian International Surfing Championships in 1964, and then from the surf of Rincon, Puerto Rico, the World Surfing Championship title in 1968. Fred was a steersman on four Molokai to Oahu Outrigger Canoe racing Champion teams, and to this day is a pioneer canoe surfing steersman. He attended
Punahou School where he is an inductee of the Punahou School Athletic Hall of Fame.cite web |url= http://70.168.75.32/page.cfm?p=480 |title= Mark Cunningham '74: One of the World’s Best |author= John Clark ’64 |work=Punahou School Alumni Profile |date= 2006 |quote= Punahou has a wonderful surfing history, and many of its students and teachers are legends. When you look at the cast of characters from Punahou, it’s 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. ] In 1991, Hemmings was inducted into the International Surfing Hall of Fame, and in 1999 the Hawaii State Sports Hall of Fame. [http://hawaiisportshalloffame.com/Gallery.htm] .Bibliography
*"The Soul of Surfing" (1999). Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-205-7
References
External links
* [http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/senate/Members/sen25.asp?press1=senate&press2=members Hawaii State Legislature - Senator Fred Hemmings] official government site
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=54139 Project Vote Smart - Senator Frederick M. Hemmings Jr. (HI)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - Fred Hemmings
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200611&c=417479 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200411&c=407832 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200211&c=41176 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200011&c=36962 2000] campaign contributions
* [http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/lsc304_hemmings.html Legendary Surfers]
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