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Article: The history of surfing
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- June 8, 2009
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-08-2009
The history of surfing
Date: 06-08-2009, Monday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
Column: DID YOU KNOW?
* Polynesian fishermen may have invented the concept of riding the waves as a handy way to carry their catch back to shore. When they migrated from Tahiti to Hawaii in the fourth century, they brought surfing with them.
* Surfing, known as "he’e nalu" or wave-sliding, had a spiritual and status component among the ancient Hawaiians. Hawaiian royalty enagaged in surfing competitions as a test of skill. Historians believe the term "Big Kahuna" may have originated with Hawaiian priests called "kahunas" who prayed for the god of the sea to produce ...