Surf Culture

The History of Surfing: He’e Nalu to the World Surf League

Most versions of the history of surfing read like a timeline stapled to a stock photo of Waikiki. This isn't that. Surfing is at least eight centuries of religion, suppression, revival, hype, backlash, and repeat — carried the whole way by watermen, beachboys, backyard shapers, and a handful of stubborn Hawaiians who refused to let […]

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