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 PETROGLYPHS CARVED INTO LAVA –OLDEST EVIDENCE OF SURFING –POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF STAND-UP WAVE RIDING –ANCIENT CHANTS

1700’s EUROPEANS MADE CONTACT IN TAHITI – CAPT JAMES COOK – 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 DUKE KAHANAMOKU –OLYMPIC SWIMMER –“FATHER OF SURFING” SURFING DEMONSTRATION IN LOS ANGELES –HENRY HUNTINGTON –GEORGE FREETH

LATE 1900’s GREG NOLL –PIONEERED & DESIGNED MODERN LONGBOARDS –OPENED FIRST SURF SHOPS 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) tton/history.htmhttp://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Bri tton/history.htm

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