H.R. 24 Summary

• Commends Duane DeSoto for his professional surfing career, including winning the Oxbow ASP World Longboard Championship, and his participation in the Polynesian Voyaging Society's Hokule'a sailing voyage from Aotearoa to Australia across the Tasman Sea in 2012.

• Recognizes Malia Ka'aihue for earning a bachelor's degree in Hawaiian studies and language and master's and doctorate degrees in political science from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

• Honors the couple's founding of Na Kama Kai, a non-profit organization that provides ocean-based safety and conservation programs to Hawaii's youth.

• Acknowledges Ka'aihue's role as president of DTL, a Native Hawaiian strategy studio founded in 2014 that develops culturally appropriate and community-minded strategies.

• Extends warmest aloha and best wishes from the Hawai'i State Legislature Native Hawaiian Caucus to DeSoto and Ka'aihue for their commitment to the Native Hawaiian community while raising their seven children.