Surf culture pioneer Francis ‘Duke’ Boyd ‘brought surfing tribe together’
Francis Leonard “Duke” Boyd, who co-founded the pioneering surfwear company Hang Ten in 1960, designing and launching a new wave of cool, aspirational surf style that became a worldwide industry, died peacefully at sunrise Sept. 21 at his Makaha home.
Born Nov. 13, 1934, in Kansas City, Kan., Boyd was 85 years old. The cause of death was complications from melanoma, said his wife, Elizabeth Boyd.
Long lauded as an industry catalyst and leader, Boyd was inducted into the International Surfing Hall of Fame in 1992, the Men’s Apparel Guild in California Hall of Fame at its debut in 1993, and the East Coast Surf Legends Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2009, Boyd was honored with the Oceanside Surf Museum Surf Legend Award and Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame Surf Culture Award.
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