Surfing Timeline

Wave Terminology Chop/ Wind Chop Moderate locals winds form little waves known as chop, which can kill a good surf sesson. Closeout A wave that breaks along the entire length at the…

Whaling Ships near Hawaiian IslandsPetroglyphBoki KamauleuleThe Surf Rider Woodblock cut by Charles W. BartlettSutherland Train StationThe Moana Surfrider Built on Waikiki BeachHuntington Beach CaliforniaGeorge Freeth in Huntington Beach1910 THE YEAR IN NUMBERSWORLD…

James CookSouth Sea Mackay IllustratedJacques Arago Artist Olo surfboardSummer Cruising by South Sea Book Charles Warren StoddardSurfing at its lowest ebbWilfred Dole Point Grenville, WashingtonGeorge Freeth Venice, CaliforniaOutrigger Canoe Club1910 THE YEAR…

2000 BC - B.C.Peruvian fisherman ride waves using bundled-reed caballito de totora boats Fisherman on a Caballito de Totora 1100-1400 CECastle LinderhofTurn of the century Hawaiian plankHawaiian OloWooden Belly Boards Redwood Boards…

Legend Pele, Hawaiian goddess of fire, learns to surf and teaches her sister Hi’iaka Hawaii Lava Rock Petroglyph Spirits IslandPetroglyphCaptain James Cook voyage engraving by the artist John Webber1700s Priests traveling across…