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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
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SURFINGGENEALOGY 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