After graduation from Punahou School in 1978,[3] King attended Stanford University[1][2] where he majored in psychology, belonged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and was on the Stanford Cardinal water polo team which won the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championships of 1978, 1980 and 1981.
Television Commercials Music Video One thing that earns King such raves is his mellow personality—in a type-A industry, he's renowned for keeping his cool.
Another is his sheer water sense and athletic ability—tall and lanky, he was once a competitive swimmer and college water-polo player and has long been a top-notch bodysurfer.
It's that watersports background, he says, that allows him to bob nonchalantly at the ground zero of huge, punishing waves, holding his shot until the last possible second before diving to avoid the surfer's slashing fins and the wave's crushing lip.… And then there's King's legendary eye for the shot.
"Don has an uncanny ability to hit the button only when it's magic," says Jai Mansson, who works with King often as assistant cameraman.