Tuesday, December 27, 2016

1898 foto of Sufer with Diamond Head behind

Surfboard Rider Diamond Head, Hawaii in 1898

One of the first known images of a surfer. Missionaries who went to the island after Captain Cook's death in 1789 virtually stamped out all surfing in Hawaii because they thought it ungodly. But it survived.

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