The Origin of Surfing

Surfing is a thrilling sports hobby where the waves' movement are being propelled on its participants.  In this recreational pastime, the individual keeps afloat on GRP (fiberglass) or foam and wooden boards.  While on vacation, nearly everybody intend to undertake the exciting thrill of surfing in a variety of beach locations all over the world.  Learning about the historical past of surfing is an advantage if you'd like to connect with the number of individuals lured by the thrill of this sport.

 No official writings have noted the story of the foundation of surfing, but it has long been presumed that this started in the Pacific Ocean. Three milleniums ago, locals of Western Polynesia started out the act of riding waves by means of wooden boards.  This method was first employed by fishermen who wanted to hook more fish. This wave-catching of the fishermen had become an integral part of their typical routine.  Surfing was developed thanks to this development.



 In addition, the Hawaiians acquired the ability of standing on boards approximately a century back and made Hawaii a surfing focal point. The kings of Hawaii made use of huge 25 to 18 ft long 'olo' balsa boards while other people had to use common 'alaia' boards. Not much can establish that stand-up surfing was recognized a sport. It is believed that the Sandwich Isles leaders got active in the exercise of wave-sliding or "he'enalu" in old Hawaiian during the 15th century.

 In 1779, James Cook took this game to the western world in one of his expeditions as captain. The game was popularized with the impact of Duke Kahanamoku and George Freeth alongside two Waikiki beach boys.  Freeth presented his prowess in surfing the instant he traveled to America and exposed his skills in California. Due to his ability, he was bestowed the name 'the man who could walk on water' in California. Prior to being a surfer, Hawaiian Ambassador Kahanamoku became a gold medalist in swimming who triumphed in in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics for the United States.  He became an advocate in promoting surfing around the world.  He travelled to New Zealand and Australia to promote surfing. Duke showed his surfing prowess when he managed to ride a Waikiki beach wave on his 16 foot solid red wood board for over a mile in 1917.  In 1926, Duke's friend Tom Blake was the first surfer to ride Malibu.  He had been the title-holder of the original Pacific Coast surf competition.

In the 1930s, the sport of surfing was experiencing a superb fresh start. Tom Blake was the original man to take pictures of surfing from the water. Bud Browne, a competent surfer and waterman, created the very first ‘surf movie’ with his 1953 “Hawaiian Surfing Movie”. This prompted numerous surfers, filmmakers and photographers to record this game. Even though this activity is dominated by males, bold women surfers appear in the records of surfing. Anona Napolean and Eve Fletcher were a couple of notable surfer girls.

Around 80 years ago, Tom Blake formulated the empty, rib-supported balsa, water proof glue, dowels and varnish board to get rid of the finless and heavy surfing wooden boards that induced issues in controlling huge surf during the early days. Several years later after 1930, the appearance of the said surf board was modified as the native Haole kids were able to cut the tail into a clear V contour which was more efficient to employ in holding and riding the waves. These days, the caliber of surfboards was enhanced by covering them in fiberglass resin which has a rear stabilizing fin.

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