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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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15 TH 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/Bri tton/history.htmhttp://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring04/Bri tton/history.htm
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