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SURFING GENEALOGY 30 OCTOBER 2006 PRESENTED BY PAUL & MEL

SURFING GENEALOGY

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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

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2000 YEARS AGO

• ANCIENT HAWAIIANS– ROAD WAVES

USING BODY

• KING KAMEHAMEHA

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1000 YEARS AGO

• WESTERN POLYNESIA

• SURFERS USED WOODEN BOARDS– VERY HEAVY AND

LONG

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15TH CENTURY

• SANDWICH ISLES– KINGS & QUEENS

• PETROGLYPHS CARVED INTO LAVA– OLDEST EVIDENCE OF

SURFING

– POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF STAND-UP WAVE RIDING

– ANCIENT CHANTS

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1700’s

• EUROPEANS MADE CONTACT IN TAHITI– 1778 - CAPT JAMES

COOK

– 1779 - LT JAMES KING• SHIPS LOGS

• FIRST WRITING ABOUT SURFING

• OUTRIGGER CANOES

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1820’s

• ENGLISH MISSIONARIES ARRIVE IN HAWAII– CALVANISTIC

CRISTIANS• REPLACING KAPU

– PREACH AGAINST SURFING

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1890’s

• SURFING NEARLY EXTINCT– POPULATION DIMINISHED

• 400K ~ 40K

– KING DAVID KALAKAU• KEPT TRADITION ALIVE

• BLAMED MISSIONARIES

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EARLY 1900’s

• 1905 - DUKE KAHANAMOKU– OLYMPIC SWIMMER

– “FATHER OF SURFING”

• 1907 - SURFING DEMONSTRATION IN LOS ANGELES– HENRY HUNTINGTON

– GEORGE FREETH

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LATE 1900’s

• 1950 - GREG NOLL– PIONEERED &

DESIGNED MODERN LONGBOARDS

– OPENED FIRST SURF SHOPS

• 1955 - SURFING BECAME WORLDWIDE– NEWSPAPERS, RADIO

AND TELEVISION• GIDGET

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MODERN DAY SURFING

• ALL AGES (MALE & FEMALE)

• TELEVISED SURF COMPETITIONS– WORLD CUP OF

SURFING– PIPELINE MASTERS– US OPEN– PRO– OLYMPICS

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MODERN SURFING CONT.

• EXTREME SPORT– BIG WAVE SURFING

– WINDSURFING

– KITE SURFING

– PIPELINE SURFING

• NEW BOARD DESIGN– SMALLER

– FASTER

– FIBERGLASS & FOAM

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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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QUESTIONS?