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SURFING GENEALOGY. 30 OCTOBER 2006 PRESENTED BY PAUL & MEL. 2000 YEARS AGO. ANCIENT HAWAIIANS ROAD WAVES USING BODY KING KAMEHAMEHA. 1000 YEARS AGO. WESTERN POLYNESIA SURFERS USED WOODEN BOARDS VERY HEAVY AND LONG. 15 TH CENTURY. SANDWICH ISLES KINGS & QUEENS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SURFING GENEALOGY
30 OCTOBER 2006
PRESENTED BY PAUL & MEL
2000 YEARS AGO
• ANCIENT HAWAIIANS– ROAD WAVES
USING BODY
• KING KAMEHAMEHA
1000 YEARS AGO
• WESTERN POLYNESIA
• SURFERS USED WOODEN BOARDS– VERY HEAVY AND
LONG
15TH CENTURY
• SANDWICH ISLES– KINGS & QUEENS
• PETROGLYPHS CARVED INTO LAVA– OLDEST EVIDENCE OF
SURFING
– POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF STAND-UP WAVE RIDING
– ANCIENT CHANTS
1700’s
• EUROPEANS MADE CONTACT IN TAHITI– 1778 - CAPT JAMES
COOK
– 1779 - LT JAMES KING• SHIPS LOGS
• FIRST WRITING ABOUT SURFING
• OUTRIGGER CANOES
1820’s
• ENGLISH MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN HAWAII– CALVANISTIC
CRISTIANS• REPLACING KAPU
– PREACH AGAINST SURFING
1890’s
• SURFING NEARLY EXTINCT– POPULATION DIMINISHED
• 400K ~ 40K
– KING DAVID KALAKAU• KEPT TRADITION ALIVE
• BLAMED MISSIONARIES
EARLY 1900’s
• 1905 - DUKE KAHANAMOKU– OLYMPIC SWIMMER
– “FATHER OF SURFING”
• 1907 - SURFING DEMONSTRATION IN LOS ANGELES– HENRY HUNTINGTON
– GEORGE FREETH
LATE 1900’s
• 1950 - GREG NOLL– PIONEERED &
DESIGNED MODERN LONGBOARDS
– OPENED FIRST SURF SHOPS
• 1955 - SURFING BECAME WORLDWIDE– NEWSPAPERS, RADIO
AND TELEVISION• GIDGET
MODERN DAY SURFING
• ALL AGES (MALE & FEMALE)
• TELEVISED SURF COMPETITIONS– WORLD CUP OF
SURFING– PIPELINE MASTERS– US OPEN– PRO– OLYMPICS
MODERN SURFING CONT.
• EXTREME SPORT– BIG WAVE SURFING
– WINDSURFING
– KITE SURFING
– PIPELINE SURFING
• NEW BOARD DESIGN– SMALLER
– FASTER
– FIBERGLASS & FOAM
INFORMATION SITES
• “Riding Giants” (2004)
• “The Endless Summer” (1966)
• “Billabong Odyssey” (2003)
• http://www.surfingforlife.com/history.html
• http://www.coffeetimes.com/surf.htm
• http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Britton/history.htm
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