Surfing in Hawai'i : 1778-1930 / Timothy Tovar DeLaVega.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeLaVega, Timothy Tovar., Author.

Contributor:

Hall, Sandra Kimberley., Contributor.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surfing--Hawaii--History--Pictorial works.

Surfing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2011]

Summary:

When the early European explorers traversed the globe, their journals held numerous accounts of Hawaiians enjoying surfing. Since Europeans of that era were not accustomed to swimming in their own cold waters, it must have seemed like a dream to watch naked native Hawaiians riding the waves of a turbulent sea. Nowhere in the ancient world was surfing as ingrained into the culture as on the islands of Hawai‘i. He‘e nalu (wave sliding) was the national sport and enjoyed by all. When a swell was up, whole villages were deserted as everyone fled to the beach to test their surfing skills. Legends of famous surf riders were retold in mele (song/chant), and fortunes could be decided on the outcome of a surfing contest. From these shores, modern surfing was born, along with the iconic romantic images of bronzed surfers, grass shacks, and hula.

Contents:

'Ikena he'e nalu (visions of surf sliding) ancient Hawai'i : 300 AD-1778

Western etchings of exploration : 1778-1900

The photographic era begins : 1888-1910

The Outrigger Canoe Club : 1908

Hui nalu (club of the waves) : 1908

Surfing's first boom : 1910-1920

Duke Paoa Kahanamoku

1890-1968

On solid ground : 1920-1930.

Notes:

Foreword by R. Keao NeSmith.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

885209912