Duke Kahanamoku, a Native Hawaiian who popularized the ancient Hawaiian sport of surfing, in a 1911–1915 photograph. A surfer with poor style or skill is said to be “kooky”.
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(slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
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(surfing) Behaving like a kook (a person with poor style or skill); kook-like.