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Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii: Robert Duvall's Surfboard from Apocalypse Now (Gone)

"Charlie don't surf!" The board had a place of honor above the bar and, yes, the Honolulu Surfing Museum had a bar. And a floor-mounted Silver Surfer board as a photo-op. All gone by 2014.

Honolulu Surfing Museum

Directions:
Was in the Honolulu Surfing Museum, which was part of the Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel.
Hours:
Dec. 2014: Surfing Museum gone.
Status:
Gone

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Robert Duvall's Surfboard from Apocalypse Now

Bar changed hands. Buffet got his boards out the next day. Painted over helo mural and stuff. No longer "museum," just a plain old hotel pool bar.

[Lyle Beck, 12/12/2014]

Apocalypse Now surfboard.

Robert Duvall's Surfboard from Apocalypse Now

I live in Waikiki and walk past this attraction almost daily. Lots of surf memorabilia.

[Scott Sharick, 03/10/2010]

"Charlie don't surf!" board is exhibited with terrifying Air Cav backdrop in the bar of the Honolulu Surfing Museum.


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